Because this is a fallen world, and we are all (to some degree) fallen beings, then the best we can hope for in our relationships is people who have adopted repentance (the willingness to change) as a permanent lifestyle. The humility to admit when we are wrong and be willing to change.
This, in the present age, is kind of the best we can hope for. Because this is the most fruitful and productive m.o. considering the world and the reality that we live in. If someone has this, then all of the correct ways of living are available to them! If someone does not have this, then they will be stuck in their incorrect ways of living.
In a marriage, if you and your spouse are both humble and open to correction, and to repentance (change), then there is hope for your marriage. In your friendships, if both you and your friend are open to being wrong, being rebuked, being challenged, being corrected, and changing, then there is great hope for that friendship. Because this humility opens the door to all of the correct ways of living.
And I say that it is the best we can hope for because to expect perfection, in any relationship, is totally unrealistic. So if you have a marriage wherein you and your wife are experiencing this, and hashing it out together... rejoice! And if you have a friendship, or more than one, in which you and your friend(s) honestly try to admit when you're wrong and be open to change... rejoice! Those friendships (marriages) will have the benefit of allowing the proper ways of relating and living into them, and you will both enjoy them! In other words, if you have these struggles inside of your relationships, rejoice, for this is the path to life! And if you don't... watch out! Because you are probably living in the darkness and it will probably bite you at some point!!
Don't throw away or regard as bad any relationship wherein you are struggling for the right reasons! Rejoice in them, because it is the path to life!!
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