Speaker to his audience:
“I have a question for the wives. How many of you have heard your husband say, ‘I misunderstood what you said?'”
Hundreds of female hands rise quickly out of the crowd and extend to the heavens. Simultaneously, women turn to other women with a mixture of laughter, bitterness, knowing winks and nods, and not a few examples.
Speaker again:
“How many of you men have heard your wife say, ‘I’m sorry, I misunderstood what you wanted,’ or something similar?”
Once again, all around the room, hands shoot up, laughter and bitterness are mixed in with the knowing nods that pass around the room, not quite as many, because as we all know, men don’t have a women’s facility with words nor the openness to share.
Finally, the speaker turns again to address the whole crowd.
“Is it possible that many times, neither answer is true?”
A hush descended over the audience. Then he followed up with another question.
“Is it possible that many times the truist answer would be, ‘I’m sorry, I wasn’t listening to what you were saying?”‘
Is it possible that your marriage would go smoother, and be healthier, more encouraging, and productive if both of you listened more, criticized less, and extended more grace to the spouse you vowed before God to love for the rest of your life?
Just asking.
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