One of my friends recently said that they had a rule between them as spouses that only one of them would yell at one time; the other spouse needed to listen. If they both yelled then nobody was listening; and they had to have a way of communicating. I am thankful for the times when I could lay my ideas down and just listen to my wife even when I thought she was wrong. Listening is one of those things that sets apart fathers from men and boys.