This Dad’s Take on Teamwork in Marriage Is Simple Yet Touching

This dad’s take on teamwork in a marriage is simple yet touching. His view of how a husband and wife should work together is powerful and heartwarming. Watch the short but moving clip to hear what this father and husband said about working together in a marriage relationship.

Marriage is a worthwhile and excellent endeavor. But like everything else worth having in this life, it does not come easily. Marriage requires commitment, perseverance, time and work from both parties. If any of those are missing from either person, then that marriage relationship will be rocky, to say the least.

As anyone who has been or is married understands, that relationship is a partnership. While both individuals should be giving equal effort in all areas of the marriage, sometimes that is not possible due to various reasons. So, when that isn’t an option, the other person can, momentarily, shoulder a greater share of the burden. When one is weak, the other can support, carry and uplift them. They are made greater because they are two instead of one.

In a clip posted on YouTube, a father explains his similar view of a marriage relationship. He understands that both should be doing half the work, but he also knows that this is not always possible.

“One of the things I like to say is, it’s not about being 50-50 on a given day,” he said. “It’s about being 50-50, roughly over a given decade.”

Later in the clip, he added that marriage is not necessarily about a perfect, 50-50 split, but about the other lifting the other up when they are not at their best.

“And I was like, it’s not about Susan and I being even every single day,” he added. “It’s about making sure on the days she’s at, like a 30, I can be at a 70. Or when I’m at a 30, she can be at a 70.”

Near the end of the clip, he added that when it comes to parents with small kids, doing this can be particularly difficult, but he and his wife still find ways to get through the day together when they aren’t running at optimal levels.

Genesis 2:24 “For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.”