The End Of The Perfect Spouse

Have you ever stared at your spouse in their pajamas, snoring loudly or leaving a wet towel on the bed, and wondered, 'Where did the prince (or princess) charming of my dreams go?' Do not feel bad, it has happened to all of us. Entering marriage is like buying a ticket for a romantic movie and realizing, halfway through, that it turned into an unfiltered documentary about real human life.

The great problem of our generation is toxic idealism. We consume so many 'perfect' versions of marriage on social media, with edited photos and couples smiling on the beach, that we begin to compare our flesh-and-blood partner with a ghost that does not exist. That false ideal is a thief that steals your joy and plants a poisonous seed of dissatisfaction in your heart.

Paul David Tripp asks us a brutal and necessary question: 'What did you expect?'. You married a fallen person, who lives in a fallen world, just like you. That person next to you gets frustrated in traffic, has morning breath, struggles with their own fears, and sometimes says out-of-line comments out of pure exhaustion.