Ralphie May Quotes

Even married people have differences of opinion, I'm told.

To persons of spirit like ourselves the only happy marriage is that which is based on a firm foundation of almost incessant quarrelling.

If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.

Aravis also had many quarrels (and, I'm afraid, even fights) with Cor, but they always made it up again: so that years later, when they were grown up, they were so used to quarrelling and making it up again that they got married so as to go on doing it more conveniently.

It is more rewarding to resolve a conflict than to dissolve a relationship.

I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you.

A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage.

The older you get, the more you start to realize that you can't win an argument in a relationship. You can't win a fight with your woman. Because if you lose, you lose. And if you win, you lose.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.

What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each other and tell each other that you love each other. Don't go to bed mad. Life is too short. Keep it simple.

I'm somebody's ex-wife, and I did things that drove him nuts. And now I'm somebody's girlfriend, for many years, and I've got different things that drive him nuts.

The best you can sometimes do is learn to take a breath, count to ten and simply accept that try as you might, no, your husband will never, ever learn not to drop a wet towel on the bed. That acceptance too counts as resolving a fight.

My mother is a ball of fire in the world, and I love that about her. But what I have learned from my stepdad is something as important, which is patience and compassion. Because when you are living with someone else, those two qualities go a long way.

I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.

Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.

You can be happy, or you can be right. If you want to be part of a couple and win every argument, you're in trouble.

Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.

Marriage is hard.

A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough.

The secret to a happy marriage is patience and honesty. I really mean that. You have to be patient, you have to be open, and you also have to be available for criticism, too.

I've never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn't over yet.

In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can stomach.

We have found that marriage should be made up of two forgivers. We need to learn to say, "I was wrong, I'm sorry." And we also need to say, "That's all right, I love you."

Quarrels are a natural part of relationships. Making up is always the best part.

Not everyone wants to know everything their partner did. Maybe it's enough to say, "Things aren't going well in our marriage. I've made mistakes. I don't think you've been a good partner to me. How do we go forward together?" I think there's a different answer for every couple. But I think intimacy is asking that question.