Q: Can't the other person drop his expectations?
How will you do that? You can only make sure that your own expectations are dropped, so that from four people sharing one house, you at least come down to three!
Try your best to enrich your own life, without disturbing one another.
How to change the other person...? These days marriage counselors suggest even hypnotism!
The other day, I read about a case where a woman wanted to bring down her husband's anger levels. I read that the Chicago University once performed an experiment where they implant electrodes in a person's brain and completely control anger. When they asked for volunteers to participate in this research, it seems hundreds of women forcibly brought their husbands!
After the experiment, some women came back and told the university, 'Please remove these electrodes. I want my old husband back! I want my old angry husband back!' When asked why, they say, 'Life has lost its taste! Unless we fight, there is no interaction. He pays me no attention!'
Everybody needs attention! Behavioural psychologists say that a normal man can survive
A normal man can survive without food for up to 90 days, but without attention from others, only for 14 days! without food for up to 90 days, but without attention from others, only for 14 days! He will start going insane.
What has happened is that we have forgotten how to love each other and care for each other. Love is a forgotten language! So the only interaction and attention we can hope to have is by fighting with each other!
I think even the people sitting here and complaining that their husbands or wives are not spiritual… if their spouses become spiritual, they may come back and complain that they want their old partners back!