For instance, married couples often quarrel about minor things, that are not even problems; worse than that, each of them defends his/her own standpoint because of principle or being too obstinate to lose selfish interest. Such minor misunderstandings often lead to the weeks of sorrow and may eventually end up in divorce. This common-day example is given to stress that silliness excludes compromise as quarrelling parties are blinded by impulses and therefore cannot make up their minds in a reasonable way.