Audiobook Dictation: “Decisions must be made on the…”

Decisions must be made on the basis of what is good for both, not the selfish or narrow wish of either.

決定必須基於對雙方都有益的考量，而不是任何一方自私或狹隘的願望。

The choice that brings the larger advantage to the two persons in their common role of marriage partners is the one to be made.

應當做出的選擇，是在夫妻這一共同角色中為兩人帶來更大益處的那一個。

For example, Mary wants to buy a car, just as John is reckoning that the time has come to build a house.

比如，瑪麗想買輛汽車，而恰在此時約翰盤算著該蓋房子了。

Or perhaps he wants to invest money in professional or business advancement at the precise moment when she realizes she wants a child.

又或許，他想把錢投資於事業或生意的發展，恰恰在她意識到自己想要孩子的時候。

Nor could he, overruling her against her will, find in his choice of home-owning or personal-career investment the satisfaction he had expected.

而他若違背她的意願強行做主，也無法在置業或投資個人事業的選擇中得到他所期望的滿足。

They two, and nobody else, can make the decision to fit their marriage.

只有他們兩人，而不是別人，才能做出適合他們婚姻的決定。