Part 1 Chapter 13: Married Life has Its Own Cross

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Part 1 Chapter 13: Married Life has Its Own Cross

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Part 1 Chapter 13: Married Life has Its Own Cross

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This is in line with what I have read in other sources.

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Angel: ... the spouses make the common yoke much harder for each other. When a wife has a good husband, she is constantly afraid that he could die, ... If instead, the husband is hard and cruel, then the wife's whole life is one of suffering....

Angel: ... because they take upon themselves all tahe care about the support of the family. ... Therefore, even if a wife is dearly loved by her husband, she causes him as much care as he has for himself. Consider that the character of a wife is mostly quarrelsome, ... Then you can understand that the whole life of a husband can be utter suffering. ...

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