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To Win at Marriage, Learn to lose 赢得美满婚姻,要学会认输 [1]Having been married for more than 40 years, I can attest to the truth of the following statement: to excel in the art of domestic argument, one must master the art of losing. [1]做为一个结婚40余年的人，我可以证明下面这个说法完全正确：想要在家庭争执中得满分，首先要掌握认输的艺术。 [2]Modern psychologists are taken with the win-win solution. But in marriage, success resides more in lose-lose solutions. Out of these, both parties can win. For in the love configuration, losing gives a gift that always returns. [2]现代心理学家们都醉心于一赢再赢的解决办法，而在婚姻里头，成功往往在于采取一输再输的策略。因为这样，双方都可以是赢家。在爱情的天地里，认输实际上永远是一份有回报的礼物。 [3]One day shortly after my wife and I were married, we set about picking new living-room wallpaper from a book of samples. My taste and hers were at odds. [3]婚后不久的一天，我和妻子着手从一本样品手册中挑选起居室的壁纸。我们的爱好有了矛盾。 [4]I like this one, she said. That looks like a section of a diseased liver. How can you say that? This is a classical pattern that goes all the way back to the Venetian. The Venetian were blind. They named blinds after them, remember? I like this one. I wouldnt hang that in hell if I were the devil. | 
