Advice from Friends and Family

The Shower "game" at the Saturday evening shower consisted of everyone in attendance writing on a piece of paper their best advice for a strong, successful, Jewish marriage.  We were supposed to guess who gave what advice.  I must admit, we did remarkably poorly on our end.  But the advice we received (by and large) was pretty good.  Below is the "Top 20" pieces of advice we received (in no particular order):

  1. Family First
  2. The most important thing to having a good marriage is a good sense of humor
  3. Compromise
  4. Never forget your anniversary
  5. Never go to bed angry
  6. Never go to be mad.  Practice saying, "yes, dear" 100 times.
  7. Never go to bed angry.  If you get into a huge fight, fight naked!!
  8. You've heard that you should never go to bed angry.  But more important is to not go to bed with anyone else.
  9. If you believe in something, stick strong to it - no matter what anyone says
  10. Send flowers often
  11. Respect each other
  12. Pick up your dirty socks
  13. Remember, she's always right!
  14. God gave you 2 ears and 1 mouth.  Talk 1/2 as much as you listen.
  15. Master the ability to listen . . .Without opening your mouth!  And write your Thank You notes from you wedding ASAP or they'll pile up!
  16. Always remember that your husband will most certainly do any chore or any thing to help you.  BUT you must ask him to do it - don't expect him to "know".
  17. Choose your battles.  "No really Dear, whatever you want."   This will save your life.
  18. Never tell ALL of the past!
  19. Always kiss each other goodnight, and always say Good Morning with affection (from Aaron's grandparents)
  20. Listen carefully to each other's voices and to each other's dreams

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