Principles of Marriage and Family Ethics

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Chapter 50


Do not pick up Faults


Thereisnooneinthisworldwhohasallthequalitiesandfreefromall
thefaults.Somepeoplemaybetoofatortoothin.Theirmouthmaybe
toobig,havelargenosesorbigteeth.Othersmaybedirty,impolite,shy,
cheeky,depressed,bad-tempered,jealous,lazyorselfish.Somewomen
maynothegoodcooksor talentedhostesses.Somepeoplemayeat too
muchorspendlavishly.Inbrief,everyoneisimperfectandnooneinthis
world can be regarded as a perfect being.


Menusually,beforemarriage,imaginetheiridealwomantobedevoid
ofallfaults.Theyignorethisfactthatthereisnoangel-likefigureinour
universe.Thesemen,oncemarried,findtheiridealwivesnottobeper-
fectandthusstarttopointouttheirfaults.Theymightevenregardtheir
marriages as failures and call themselves 'unlucky'. These men are al-
ways moaning and do not even spare the trivial faults of their wives.


Somemenexaggeratethefaultssomuchthattheyalways appearbe-
forethemlikehighmountains.Theyoccasionallymentionthesefaultsto
theirwivesandhumiliatethem.They mightevenmentionthembefore
friends and relatives.


Asa result,the foundation of theirmarital lifestartstrembling. The
womanbecomesdepressedandlosesinterestinherhusbandandfamily.
Shewouldthinkitillogicaltoworkinthehouseofsomeonewhocriti-
cises her. She might even take retaliatory measures.


Themansaystohiswife:"Whatabiganduglynoseyouhave!?"And
thewomanreplies:"Itisnotasbadasyouruglyfaceanddeformedfig-
ure!"The manwouldthensay"Your feetsmell foul!"Andthe woman
replies: "Shut up your big mouth!" etc.

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