If neither of you has succeeded in the practice, then Friday is a time for you to practice deep listening and loving speech. The one who is angry has the right to tell the other what is in his heart. If it is your partner who is angry, you just listen, because you have made the promise to listen and not to react. You do your best to practice compassionate listening. You listen not for the purpose of judging, criticizing, or analyzing. You listen only to help the other person to express himself and find some relief from his suffering.
