He’s so different from you. But that may be the reason Hashem wanted you to marry him.
“He’s always telling me what I can do to improve myself. He thinks I need more friends and he tells me exactly how I should go about getting them. He believes I need to take more classes get more involved in community affairs serve on committees. If I don’t take his advice he gives me long lectures about what’s wrong with my outlook. And if I do take his advice he rubs it in my face saying things like ‘See? Didn’t I tell you that it would work? I was right wasn’t I?’ He makes me feel so inadequate.”
He of course sees it differently.
“I’m only trying to help. She could accomplish so much more with her time. I’ve made her a schedule — I do the same for myself and it works very well. I really push myself and as a result I’ve accomplished a great deal in every area of my life. My wife’s not achieving her full potential. She doesn’t know what it means to set goals and work toward them. When I see her sitting and reading a novel it bothers me. This isn’t the partner I want to share life with.”
Irreconcilable Differences
When these two first came together they were very much “on the same page.” They both said they wanted the same things in life. At the time it was impossible to know that they weren’t speaking the same language.
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