"Here's quick thread on the 6 rules we try to follow to be a good teammate to each other in our marriage. (sic)"
1. No one should ever hear anything bad about your spouse from you
2. Over communicate
3. Try new things together
4. Be each other's champion. Celebrate wins and encourage each other
5. Be grateful for each other's contributions
6. Trust and respect each other
His first point encourages followers not to bad mouth their partners under any circumstance: "No one should ever hear anything bad about your spouse from you. It's one thing to joke with friends about something trivial and quite another to demean your spouse's character.
"Know the difference and always discuss the latter with your spouse and no one else."
In point two Stephens notes the importance of "over communicating": "You cannot read each other's minds. Never assume the other person knows what you meant.
"Give each other the benefit of the doubt when miscommunications happen. Double check if necessary."
Next, he highlighted the importance of trying new things together: "Even if one of you is typically more adventurous than the other, have fun with it," he said.
"Trying new things gets an individual out of their comfort zone and is often easier as a couple, allowing you both to grow stronger together."
His fourth tip was about celebrating each other's wins and achievements.
He said: "Bring home champagne after a promotion at work, back each other up when engaging in that battle with your heathen toddler, work out together, etc. Never cut the other person down when they're struggling."
Next Stephens reminded spouses to be grateful for what they have and avoid "keeping score": "Whether it be money, time, chores, childcare, or anything else, no one contribution is greater than another. And don't keep score. If you truly value each other's input, then the scorecard shouldn't (and doesn't) matter."
Finally, he asked both partners to have both trust and respect for one another: "Especially in front of others, including your children. If you do not respect your spouse in front of other people, why should those people respect your spouse? Enough said."
Many of Stephen's followers praised his tweets, which have since received over 40,000 retweets and likes.
One supportive follower wrote: "You nailed the first point teamwork. Everything else comes back to that. Wife and I have always thought of our relationship as teammates and are each other's best friends. Seventeen years together and counting."
Another added: "Love this one especially. Never understood cutting your spouse down in front of others.
However not everyone agreed with all of the mans points with one arguing: "I mostly agree with your number one except for when you did talk it out and had to agree to disagree basically. I need to talk with my girls!
"I'm not trying to demean his character I just disagree with some actions but it is his decision, so I can't complain a little?"
