President John Mahama has advised married men to avoid arguing with their wives if they want their marriages to last.
Sharing his experience during a courtesy call by a delegation from the Western Regional House of Chiefs, led by its President, Nana Kwabena Nketia V which also coincided with President Mahama’s 33rd wedding anniversary, he said “I’ll tell you a very funny story,” he said.
“When we achieved 30 years of marriage, it was a big celebration. We were sitting in our pastor’s office after church and talking about the celebration that was coming so my wife started saying ‘Pastor, don’t you see? This marriage has survived because of me. Otherwise, this man, who would want to marry him?’” 
“I made the mistake of arguing and saying, ‘Oh, it’s because of me? I am the calm one, I am the patient one that is why the marriage has reached 30 years and arguing my pastor was looking at me in a funny way and he pulled me aside and said why were you wasting your time? You know you can never win that argument.”
“So in the following year, we were celebrating our 31st anniversary and we were sitting at the same place and people were congratulating us. And my wife brought up the same subject that this marriage has survived because of me and I remembered what my pastor had said, so I just said, ‘Yes, it has lasted because of you. I thank God for your life. I couldn’t have got a better wife than you.’”
“She looked at me and said, are you correct? Did you wake up well? “So never argue with your wife.”
