Becoming Celestial Soul Mates (Commandments for Marriage)

Another exercise from the marriage book:

~ Can you come up with 10 Commandments for your marriage? ~

This one was particularly tricky to think of at first. I think of the 10 Commandments as a list of things you should not do. So I thought of some things that in my opinion would be detrimental in a marriage. These are not all necessarily things that have happened in my marriage, so much as they are things that would be deal breakers, would require the help of a marital counselor to resolve, would really hurt my relationship. And everyone is different for what those things look like, so I am in no way saying my list is right for anyone else other than my relationship.

Thou Shalt Not:

1) Name Call
2) Lie / Withhold the truth
3) Use Profane Language
4) Criticize How Thy Spouse Cleans & Maintains Thy Home
5) Have an affair and cheat on thy spouse (emotional or sexual)
6) Criticize thy spouse's parenting skills
7) Withhold having more children
8) Make other things/people a priority over thy spouse
9) Refuse marital counseling if we are struggling
10) Consider divorce as an option to fixing/solving marital problems

Thou Shall...

11) Love each other with all thy heart
12) Give thy best self to thy marriage

My Spouses answers:

1) Do not use mental health as an excuse
2) Respect each other's differences
3) Choose to understand thy spouse, not to be understood
4) Never fight to hurt thy spouse
5) Never use loving behavior as a reward for thy spouse's "good" behavior
6) Never involved children in any disagreements

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