Sunday school madness

Sunday School was really weird today. I left with an uneasy feeling. It’s the fifth Sunday, so we had combined classes for Relief Society/Priesthood.  The bishop was in charge of the lesson and he talked about marriage, specifically how to handle arguments and disagreements with our spouses.   Not too many of the couples in the ward have been married for a few years, and there are a lot of people having serious marriage problems already and I think it’s so sad. I was just amazed sitting in class at how many issues were being brought up. What hit me hard was how common it is for couples to have “meetings” where they get together and tell each other what bugs them about each other. Apparently there are so many instances in the week where their spouse gets on their nerves that they just let everything build up and then let it all come out on a certain day of the week. How horrible. We kept looking at our friends from the ward thinking, “do these people not like each other?!” I don’t mean to sound braggy or superficially positive, but Gabe and I have a happy marriage. We got married because we want to be together. We like each other and we don’t bug one another. We don’t have problems in our marriage because we knew that each other was the right person to be with and why not enjoy life together? We make fun of each other, we let each other know when something bugs us, we have fun and we work things out when something comes up.  Our marriage is filled with happy moments, not constant battles with one another.  I have a testimony of temple marriage and I know that our family is sealed for eternity. I know that marriage is ordained of God and I know that he has blessed our marriage.  Be grateful for your spouses.