The Art of Dividing up a Marriage: The Myth or Reality?

The Art of Dividing Up a Marriage: The Myth or Reality?

The Art of Dividing Up a Marriage: The Myth or Reality?

“The Art of Dividing up a Marriage: The Myth or Reality?” asks a new question for the first time on marriage. And not just a new question but a new way to ask about the most important and difficult subject of many marriages.

This morning, after the wedding ceremony, at a dinner the guests assembled around a table at the house of the groom, the father of the bride said something to the guests in a very important way. With his eyes on a point somewhere in the circle of his guests, he suddenly said: “What’s the next big thing that’s going to happen?” and the guests looked around at each other, and at first there was silence.

In that moment and right in front of him, all those guests who had gathered around the table heard the question. The silence was broken as everyone began to answer, “It’s going to be an enormous wedding celebration!” The guests then all broke out into laughter, which was quite a sight. But not everyone laughed. Some said: “When will that be?” “When will we know?” “Oh, that’s too bad.” The words had been said, but no one could answer.

A few people said: “It’s going to be a wedding,” then said: “What’s the next big thing that’s going to happen?” A few more of those saying: “It’s going to be a wedding,” then said: “What’s the next big thing that’s going to happen?” and the people watching it all said: “It’s going to be an enormous wedding celebration!” And again, silence.

It turned out that only three of those people, all of them men, had been married themselves and in all of them, the wedding celebration was the result of the answer to that