Few are the married couples who have not passed through hard spells of quarreling and misunderstanding; but if they thought a little, they would conclude that they had not grasped the meaning of married life.
Husband and wife must watch over many things in their bond, which hangs on the edge of a deep abyss if it is not supplied with love and understanding. Marriage stumbles once again when the two face the reality of life together, with all its demands and the struggle to secure a living; and the better each understood the other before marriage, the more the obstacles before them melt away. Yet here too we cannot understand a person unless we have followed
life with him, for a period of time, under one roof. Husband and wife must not surrender to despair if marriage has not fulfilled all their sweet hopes for them, and they should not stand bewildered and confused on learning that love alone does not solve serious problems.
I have concluded, after inquiry among many couples, that problems are solved easily when both partners are emotionally mature. Here are some of the causes that lead to discord and rupture. The first of them is hatred: in the relations of two persons, explosions occur whose source is haste
and weakness of will, and rancor shows itself either in silence or in gestures, and comes out at last when