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.

决定必须基于对双方都有益的考量，而不是任何一方自私或狭隘的愿望。

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

应当做出的选择，是在夫妻这一共同角色中为两人带来更大益处的那一个。

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

比如，玛丽想买辆汽车，而恰在此时约翰盘算着该盖房子了。

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

又或许，他想把钱投资于事业或生意的发展，恰恰在她意识到自己想要孩子的时候。

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

而他若违背她的意愿强行做主，也无法在置业或投资个人事业的选择中得到他所期望的满足。

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

只有他们两人，而不是别人，才能做出适合他们婚姻的决定。