Ogden Nash’s “A word to husbands” is a short funny poem with a deep meaning indeed. Nash clearly understands and explains the problem that most of the unsuccessful marriages face today; unnecessary argument. He says “Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; whenever you’re right, shut up.” These two lines as a matter of fact if taken seriously and abided by any married couples today, will free them from all their worries and a peaceful and happy life will follow as a result. But today’s ego is what exists in most of the couples.
Even if one is aware that they are wrong, they will try to hide their mistakes by lying of by any other means instead of accepting the mistake. Accepting the mistake once not only lightens your heart but also acts like water to your heated argument.
Not accepting the fault can be harmful to all the couples who are obviously in love with each other. Just winning an argument is meaningless once you win the heart of a person. As a matter of fact, there are some cases where you can only win if you lose. Winning everything, every argument can be harmful especially if you want to save your marriage. This urge of winning an argument is the main reason why today even if an individual gets married twice or thrice he or she is not happy with the partner. On the other hand, a couple can remain in love with each other exactly the way they did in the beginning of their relationship.
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Nash clearly states that to keep the love in the loving cup, it is essential to accept and admit when one goes wrong and keep mum when one is right. If this simple formula is kept in mind by both the husband and wife; the love will remain forever. Even if among the husband or wife follows this idea, the marriage is bound to be successful and if no one neither the husband, nor the wife follows the idea; a rough and unhappy marriage is unavoidable by all means.
Speech is silver, silence is golden- this saying is particularly true in case of marriages because unnecessary arguments will only result in increasing the tension between a couple and even the kids and other members of the family. Silence is the key and the secret to a happy marriage.
Life, in fact peculiarly married and family life can be happy and blissful if patience and silence are followed on a regular basis. But people today are not only are busy and occupied in their life but they forget that they only get a handful of moments to spend with the people they love; if those moments are also spent arguing, a beautiful life is impossible. To fill the cup of your life with love and happiness accepting mistakes is essential.