We are still talking about relationships.

The truthful lip shall be established forever, But a lying tongue is but for a moment. (Proverbs 12:19)

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. (1 Peter 3:7)

Think a moment. Has something like this ever happened in your home? Say its Friday evening after Pay day. Mom has been shopping and playing chauffeur to the kids and is a little tired. Dad has worked all week and comes home to a pleasant house. So, the guy says to his wife, "How about we feed the kids some macaroni and cheese and call the baby sitter and you and I go out tonight?"

Mom thinks, "Yeah, hay! The guy is finally getting it." So she says, "I’d love to."

Now, they call the sitter and change cloths and are getting ready to go. Dad wants this to be a special evening for his wife, so he asks, "Where would you like to go?"

She says, "Oh, that’s up to you." What she doesn’t say is, "I want to go to Chez Expense."

Well, dad’s is not a crepe Suzette kind of guy. He is a Big Mac kind of guy. And so, what started out as a great idea, ends up with both Mom and Dad losing.

She is angry at him for being such a buffoon. And he is upset because his intentions were to please her and now she is mad at him.

Who was wrong in this situation? Both of them.

She was not honest and wanted him to read her mind. She could have said, "Well, I’d really like to go to the Chez Expense." That would have given him a clue. Better yet, she could have said, "I’d like to go to the Chez Expense or may be the Pepper Pod." This would have given him a range to chose from. Then he could have suggested another place within that range.

On the other hand, he should have thought more about her. Maybe not the Chez Expense, but at least the Black Angus or the Black Eyed Pea, something like that. He could have asked her what she might prefer, "The Chez Expense or the Pepper Pod." If she cared about him, she would respond with, "The Chez Expense, are you sure?" Now he has THE clue.

We don’t have to go to the Scriptures to find that Honesty Is the Best Policy nor do we have to look very far to see that we should be considering the other person before ourselves. These are Scriptural tenets and they apply in every relationship, especially in our marital relationships.