…the only thing holding my wife back from the full evolution of herself is time and effort… I have determined that I won’t be the thing that holds her back. Whatever her progression in life, it’s my job to encourage her along the way and it’s my privilege to find her at every milestone.
So, while America has cried over opiods, awakened to the health crisis that is drug addiction and turned away from an ill-conceived war on drugs, I think there is an important milestone yet to cross. America needs to apologize for 70 years of calling Billie Holiday just a great singer that got hooked on drugs.
We have all witnessed Pro-Lifers fighting Pro-Choicers, Liberals fighting Conservatives and Democrats fighting Republicans. What we have not seen is any real victory that can be claimed by either side and some questionable practices all around. I think the system is broken and the practices are suspect. But I’m willing to take a cue from Governor Ivey and ask one more question
Where daughters need to spend time in the workforce seeing who they could be, husbands need time seeing who their wives are out in the marketplace of society. We need to see the person she was before she became a wife and before she became a mother.
My wife and I were watching television yesterday and I wasn’t on it. I watched TV the day before that and the week before that and I wasn’t on then either. Come to think of it, I have never seen myself on television or really anything like me. …My problem isn’t that I’m not on television. My problem is that I’m average and I’m not on television. Let me explain.
Monogamy should be a basic tenet of marriage. I guess it should be. But I think it’s only true if your spouse doesn’t change. If he/she refuses to grow, refuses to change jobs, refuses to become educated or entertain new and original thoughts. If your spouse doesn’t change then – Surprise! – the only way to actually be with someone else is to embrace swinging as a pastime.
The best decision regarding surnames is to follow what should really happen when a couple gets married. The two become one. The husband doesn’t join the wife and the wife doesn’t join the husband. Two individuals both leave their father and mother to join one another. This makes it odd that those two would pick the husband’s name to share. It’s one of those traditions that perpetuate the myth that, when you get married you marry the whole family.
It’s euphoric to be naked with your spouse, laid bare, fully open and without pretense. It’s even better to be those things without feeling any hindrance of shame, to know that it’s right to have one person to be naked with. It seems like the only way they could have achieved that is if they had their own world. The king and queen of The Garden, never to be ashamed.
To improve your marriage, forget the work and make investments. Invest time in conversation. Invest money in thoughtful gifts. Invest your energy in doing your wife’s chores. Invest your words in uplifting your spouse. Invest your body in making your wife’s body feel better.
The deadliest myth about love rolls off the tongue like the lyrics from a pop song. Baby, sometimes love just ain’t enough. […]