So I’ll be upfront and honest with you even though it may be embarrassing. My own personal shalom bayis problems started around 6 weeks in to my marriage. It was our first Friday night home together and it was time for dessert. My wife brought out the strawberry sorbet in little plastic bowls. “Genendy” I said “you know I only like mango sorbet. And also my family serves dessert on china. It is the proper way to honor Shabbos”. That sparked a major argument. We only were able to deal with it by coming to a compromise; mango sorbet in hard fancy plastic bowls. And that has been the yesod of our marriage ever since. Mango sorbet in fancy plastic bowls. It works for everything.
