Dumb Mistake Number 10 Smart Couples Make

[Music] The and they shall be one flesh. The Ramban explains that the closest relationship is husband and wife. Far closer than brothers, far closer than father to son. The closest bonding is a husband and wife. They're supposed to view each other as one unit, totally connected, as if they're one identity. And while that is true and marriage is one of the most beautiful experiences imaginable, it also has a part to it that's not always so pleasant. The reality is that the single person who will bother you the most in life is your spouse. The single person who will get you the angriest that you've ever been in your life is your spouse. And probably the single person that you will hate more than any other person under the sun is your spouse. And why is that? Because we're so close and we're so open one with the other. We're so dependent one on the other and each is so vulnerable. And the reality is that all of us human beings have frailties. We have mistakes. We have things that we do. And in the heavy course of life, it just happens that one or the other doesn't recognize what they do and they hurt the other one. And the ability to say, "Okay, I made a mistake. I have to apologize." And for my spouse to accept that apology is critical for the success of any marriage. And this is the 10th mistake that many very smart couples engage in. They never learn how to make up and move on. And if you don't realize that you're going to be hurt and you have to learn how to get past it as a couple, you're going to find yourselves in very difficult waters because in life things happen and the ability to learn how to make up and move on is one of the keys to a successful marriage. You have just seen an excerpt from the marriage seminar. The entire seminar is available free of charge at the schmoo.com. [Music]