GREAT READS → MADE IN HEAVEN Issue 889 · December 8, 2021

“How Do I Become Blind to My Spouse’s Flaws?”   

Your spouse might be flawed, but you also have stuff

“How Do I Become Blind to My Spouse’s Flaws?”   

 

Rabbi Shafier,

I just read your column and really liked the sound of your advice. Be blind, deaf, and dumb to your spouse’s flaws. Don’t notice them, don’t point them out. 

It sounds great. Utopian. But…

How do you do that in real life?

Can we get some practical tips? How does one become blind? It’s one thing to notice a flaw or mistake and then refrain from pointing it out. But I don’t think that’s what you meant. You meant that we should reach a point where we don’t notice the issues at all. How do you get there? In my experience, it doesn’t seem possible. 

Can you teach me how to stop seeing the flaws in the first place?

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