Did you forget your vow to love your husband or wife “for better or for worse“? Most marriages contain a lot of “for worse” days. What else could you expect when you live full time with another person? You will see them at their best as well as at their very worst.
Are you quick to forgive a friend or coworker for making a mistake but slow to forgive your spouse a similar mistake? Do you let little mistakes turn into big problems between the two of you? Do you believe that your spouse “should know” how you feel and that by doing whatever it was that caused you grief, they were showing they didn’t care?
Every person will make a multitude of mistakes during their lifetime. Some people make more mistakes than others, testing the endurance of those who love them.
“Mistake …a wrong judgment or idea…” — The Random House Dictionary
Would you be quicker to forgive a friend for a mistake than you would to forgive your spouse for the same type of mistake? Do you forgive a friend because you might lose the friendship if you don’t forgive them? As you may have already learned, friends aren’t the only ones who can and will walk out of your life if you don’t put their mistakes in the past.