Golden Rule Relationships by Zig Ziglar

Author:Zig Ziglar [ZIGLAR, ZIG]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gildan Media Corporation
Published: 2016-04-12T00:00:00+00:00

The Golden Rule of Marriage

Now, as I share this variety of thoughts here this evening, let me caution you. I might give you the illusion that the Redhead and I have the perfect marriage, that we never have any disagreements. That simply is not true. We do, on occasion, disagree. But, you know, you can disagree without being disagreeable.

There are some things that we believe are extremely important in our relationships. Here are some basics. Number one, understand that men and women are different. Now, fellas, I know this is going to take you completely by surprise, but really, men and women are different.

Second, you have to remember when people are seriously courting, they are the greatest deceivers of all time. If they have marriage in mind, in particular, they put that best foot forward, and they leave that sucker out there until they say “I do.”

Let me get you to tune in on a conversation between the courting couple, and the husband-to-be is doing the talking. “Oh, honey, I’m flattered that you want me to go shopping with you, and that you want my opinion on the dresses that you might buy. Oh, I’d just love to go.”

Let’s let the future wife talk. “Oh, no, honey. Don’t give it a thought. Hey listen, we can wrap up. I know it gets cold, and sometimes the temperature is below zero, but I can be with you at the football game. And we can take—“

You know what I’m talking about? Then one day they get married. Those things just happen. They really do. Understand that there’s going to be a certain amount of that before we get married. We communicate differently.

Let me tell you something else about them. When you come home and she’s been there, if the washing machine is broken down, and she forgot and left the iron sitting facedown when she answered the telephone and burned a hole in your shirt, and the plumbing went ga-zip, and the housebroken dog becomes unbroken, all of those things happened, and you come home and she is in a dither, and if she starts any of this, fellas, she doesn’t want you to say, “Well, step number one and step number two and step number three.”

She doesn’t want your head. She’s probably smarter than you, anyhow. She wants your shoulder. She wants your heart. She wants you to grab her and hug her and say, “It sounds like you’ve had a tough day. Oh, I wish I’d been here to share part of it.”

You know, it’s amazing what a little genuine, sincere interest and concern will do there. In a marriage, commitment’s important, and a lot of times people say, “Well, I married the wrong man,” or “I married the wrong woman.” Well, you know, the truth is you can marry the right person and treat them wrong, and you end up with the wrong one. Or you can marry the wrong person and treat them right, and you’ll end up with the right one.

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