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Originally Posted by gutu28 This thread makes me soo happy. Im not married..probably far from it but I love seeing love like you guys have. Each and every one of yall should consider yourself very very lucky  |
I agree! I've enjoyed reading everyone's postings this morning. They've made me smile and take a moment to reflect on my own marriage and just how much I adore my husband! He is my best friend, my biggest supporter and the person most likely to drive me insane!
For us I think that we have always felt that communication was best tool to have in your marriage skill kit but over the years we've modified that to also include mutual respect. Hubby and I are 100% complete opposites and our communication styles could not be anymore different from each other.
I am a person ruled by passion. I "think" through my heart and because I come from a background where any signs of emotion is a weakness, I've always believed I was a little looney. Hubby comes from a background with a lack of family intimacies and getting in touch with his own emotions is EXTREMELY difficult for him but he is the man you go to for any logical answer. We learned early on that we do not complete each other - but that his strengths are my weakness and vice-versa. We have a great partnership and really do respect each other for who we are.
There isn't a week that goes by that we don't fight. And I JUMP up and down when I fight with him. He makes me CRAZY. Things seem so simple to me and it makes me so frustrated that he can't see things my way! When I finally figure out a way to get him to understand and he says, "OH - why didn't you say so in the 1st place" - OH I COULD STRANGLE HIM!
He puts up with my animals, my art, my inability to cook - or honestly keep a tidy house and every crazy harebrained idea that enters my head. Someone recently asked him how he could live with me and 5 dogs and I was so proud of him when he looked them square in the eye and said, "because I trust Jule's judgement". (it was his mother!)
I love my guy with every breath that I take. When I met him 20 years ago he had bleach blond hair, glittering green eyes, a wicked tan and a sense for adventure that was infectious. Well he'll hit 40 next March and his hair is starting to grey and the only tan he has now is more of a burn around the back of his neck and on his nose from sitting at too many soccer games for our kids which is about as adventurous as things get now.... but those eyes still get me every time!
I met him in a bar at happy hour and married him in Las Vegas - and I'd do it all again in a heartbeat because he gets it that its not the destination but the journey along the way that's important!
Sorry for the long ramble!
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