In this CNN column today, the writer advises men to give women flowers. It isn’t the specific advice that grabs me. It is the way the writer learned the lesson. From his father.
While the same lesson can be extrapolated from scientific research, it’s so much more real and interesting and meaningful to see and listen to dad.
“Most of what I know about women I learned from how my dad treated my mother. I’d be a better man if I followed his example more fastidiously, but I haven’t . . . But some lessons stick out, ” says John DeVore, the writer , “It’s never too late to relearn passed-down life lessons,” he adds.
There is more, but I won’t spoil the whole story for you. Read it for the glimpse of a long and loving marriage.
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