Category — Marriage & Relationships

1. Always apply the silent treatment.

 2. Never compliment voluntarily, spontaneously and without prompting.

 3. Never appreciate day to day effort.

 4. Criticise where you have made no effort or contribution.

 5. Ignore…issues, successes, achievements, concerns or worries.

 6. Always go out with your friends instead of your best friend.

 7. Focus on taking care of yourself expecting everyone else to be there for you when you need them.

 8. Do not do the little things that make a big difference.

 9. Absolutely avoid all forms of daily intimacy.

 10. Be embarrassed about and belittle romance.

 11. Decide that your anger, hurt and frustration are more important than your friendship, relationship and love. Harbouring bitterness after all forms an integral part of achieving a failed marriage.

 12. Within your marriage keep all sexual contact on your terms.

 13. Erode your spouse’s self esteem with your comments, jibs, and criticisms believing that tearing them apart is the best way to build them up.

 14. Never bite your tongue, be patient or respond with a soft answer – always shout back and preferably shout first.

 15. Rest when you should be working and work when you should be resting.

 16. Always be nicer to strangers than to your family.

 17. Take every opportunity to run your spouse down in the company of others – preferably family and friends.

 18. Always pray that God will change them and never pray that you will change for them.

 19. Husbands do not show any love!

 20. Wives do not show any respect!

 N.B. In all things put the above first if in all things your marriage comes last!