Forgiving our spouse for not being perfect

If you’ve already blown your New Year’s resolutions, I have a suggestion. Resolve to do only one thing this new year: Forgive your spouse for not being perfect. Several years ago, while our Sunday school class discussed issues relating to married life, Bert said, “Our marriage isn’t perfect—” I couldn’t help but interrupt. “Oh, Hon. Now they know!” The class chuckled a neither-is-our-marriage-perfect kind of chuckle. Why do we behave as if we expect our marriages to be perfect? As we pledged our “I do’s,” we dreamt of “happily ever after.” We naively resolved never to let anything come between us – between two imperfect people – until death do us part. It d