We’ve been talking about ways to improve your marriage, and last week we enjoyed a humorous glimpse of how you can tell if you and your spouse should just be translated now and get it over with. (By the way, if most of the items on that list sounded familiar, I may have to send out a hit squad.) Now, let’s take a look at some sure signs that your marriage is at the other end of the spectrum.
1. You fight so much that when he says he is doing fine, you respond by snapping, “You’re wrong!” before you hear what he said (or vice versa).
2. You’ve begun to get excited about pre- or post-church meetings as a way of escape.
3. Family prayers include a great deal of pleading for patience.
4. When the Bishop asks the congregation to sustain your spouse in their new calling, you hesitate before raising your hand.
5. When people smile and say you must truly love one another to have had twelve kids, you remind them that it only takes once.
6. You even fight over how much tithing to pay – and that’s a set 10%!
7. You get along better with your mother-in-law than your spouse.
8. To avoid speaking to your other half, you’ve taken to praying until they fall asleep. The plus side: a better relationship with Heavenly Father. The down side: you keep realizing you need to forgive and improve (then again, is that a down side?).
9. You actually enjoy bookending the kids on the bench at church (you know, both parents at each end).
10. You’ve caught your husband in front of the marriage saying, “It was not me! It was the one armed man!” over and over again.
Hmm, these were harder to write than I thought they would be. That’s a good sign for my marriage, right?
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