spouse

irritation

is a black box to outsiders. You can never be sure of what has passed between husband and wife or lover and mistress.

you can never be sure of what has passed between husband and wife or lover and mistress. Fyodor Dostoevsky

is one who never quite forgives each other their existence before they met.

Spouses never quite forgive each other their existence before they met.

is technically an ex boyfriend/girlfriend. They just got promoted, not fired.

Your spouse is technically your ex boyfriend/girlfriend. They just got promoted, not fired.

is necessarily biased --- the woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband, is unworthy of the name of wife

DEFENSE The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband, is unworthy of the name of wife