Games of Life: Solutions for Influence, Wealth, Success, Intelligence, Happiness
That’s a pretty bold title.
Life is essentially a game, but not a perfect game. Chess, blackjack, poker, Civilization, Monopoly, cribbage, craps, are all essentially perfect games.
A perfect game has boundaries, rules that lay the groundwork for others to want to play, limitations, a point at which you know that you have won or lost.
Marriage has boundaries. You probably don’t want your partner to meet up with another person tonight. You probably have a set of rules you know you should follow and you hope they follow. You probably want to have a “fair” experience meaning you do a lot of the work and so does your partner. Simple in concept.
Marriage isn’t a perfect game though because rules are broken, and broken rules almost always lead to someone being upset which typically means both people will be upset.
It’s good to know that because that’s how you can tell if your partner believes you are following the rules, in their mind, whether you know what the rules are, or not.
Marriage is a winnable game if both people win and there are lots of games where if both people don’t win, they both lose.