WELLBEING → FAMILY REFLECTIONS Issue 774 · August 21, 2019

The Flaw Factor

She doesn’t like the way he snores, he doesn’t like the way she sniffs

The Flaw Factor

She doesn’t like the way he snores, he doesn’t like the way she sniffs

 

 

If we’re going to have any friends, we must have a tolerance for human flaws. After all, no person is perfect and the more frequently one interacts with a person, the more evident these imperfections become. That’s why it often seems that our spouse is the most imperfect person in the universe.

“I love my husband — he’s a great guy. But he has lots of annoying habits that get under my skin. I don’t like the way he chews his food and his posture is awful. I also find him immature.

“I didn’t notice it while we were dating — or maybe it didn’t come up then because there was nothing very adult he had to do — but now I feel like I’m the one who has to organize everything and take care of everything and he’s like a little kid with no responsibilities.”

The funny thing is that this woman is very flawed herself. Her husband has this to say about her:

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