Patience in Marriage

The funniest thing happened yesterday morning. My landlord and his wife have been married for 50 years. So you can hardly hear them quarrel or fight. My landlord can be very tasking and demanding and the wife is ever loyal and always ready to meet his demands without the slightest complaint.
One thing they enjoy most is each others company. The wife isn't much of a talker, while he can talk till next year. However, she listens attentively and adds comments here and there to make the communication both complete and enjoyable. They gist as if they've never gisted before. Morning, afternoon and night. Boring and tiring you might say. Not for these two. Never a dull moment. So, it wasn't a surprise when as early as 6am he woke her for a chat which lasted 2 hours.
One thing about my landlord is that he doesn't joke with his food. He likes his food as at when due. No delays and he doesn't leave left-overs. In fact, if he leaves any, the wife will have to check if he is sick. Which is very rare and far between. And he eats what he feels like eating, no more, no less. And he doesn't eat any food other than the wife's food.
However, the chat lasted too long and the woman had to go the market for business. So she postponed cooking for later so that she can gather her wares. This took longer than expected (meanwhile she's old, about 75 or more; the hubby is 86). And so the man started murmuring and grumbling when he came back to find that his eating time has come but no food to eat.
The funny thing was her surprised reaction. She was dumbfounded. She abandoned what she was doing and ran to the kitchen to start the cooking (the man likes his food freshly cooked mostly). She tried containing her surprise. When she couldn't, she blurted out, "but you were the one who called me to gist now." Peace only reigned when the food became ready and the man has licked his plate clean. They went back to their normal lives as if nothing happened.
The funny part is the woman's response. She said what she said with a tone that didn't carry any anger whatsoever. I say it's funny because some of us would have seen the seriousness in the man's seemingly harsh attitude and replied with equally harsh remarks. Mind you, this woman isn't timid. But when it comes to her hubby, she's as humble as a lamb.
May God help us to be humble and loyal to our spouse no matter what. We don't have to wait till our fiftieth anniversary to be good wives and husbands. Have fun.