The 60% Rule!

couple standing on grass field while looking at each other

Do you believe the relationship with your spouse should be one in which each partner contributes 50%? It seems logical enough.

Before we were married, we attended some marriage counseling sessions. In one of the sessions, we were told that each partner should contribute 60% instead of 50%. The man said that this would prevent a gap or breakdown that might occur if each person thought they only had to go half way.

Shortly before our marriage, I was the best man for a friend who had served in the Navy with me. His father spoke at the reception and said marriage is like a carriage being pulled by two horses. If one horse is sick, the other horse will have to pull harder so it can get to its destination. A good example of the 60% rule!

If not today, when?

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