"Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband." (Eph. 5:33)

THINGS NOT TO SAY TO YOUR SPOUSE:

"I told you so."

"I can do whatever I like."

"You're just like your mother."

"If you don't like it, you can just leave."

"You're always in a bad mood."

"Can't you do anything right?"

"You just don't think."

"That was stupid."

"It's your fault."

"All you ever do is think of yourself."

"What wrong with you?"

"If you really loved me, you'd do this."

"All you ever do is complain."

"You're such a baby."

"I can't do anything to please you."

"Turnabout's fair play."

"You get what you deserve."

"Why don't you ever listen to me?"

"What's your problem?"

"Can't you be more responsible?"

"I can never understand you."

"What were you thinking?"

"Do you always have to be right?"

"You're impossible!"

"I don't know why I put up with you."

"You deserve a dose of your own medicine."

(From Lists to Live By, by Alice Gray, Steve Stephens, and John Van Deist, p. 124)