Things I have Learned
This is a thread that was started in our old BlissWeddings.com forums by Kim&Bob2004 on 11/09/05. Feel free to add your comments by pressing Post Reply.
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posted by Kim&Bob2004
In early Oct Bob and I sat down and made a list of a few things we have learned since getting married. We then made a Power Point out of our first year to show at a anniversary "party" we had. I just thought I would post that list here, and see what others have learned since being married (I know there are several of us old married ladies here!).
Never go to bed angry
Don’t try to do it all
Give your wife your full attention when she is talking, even if she talks a lot about nothing.
Let your husband enjoy his boat magazines, they only come once a month.
Never make a chicken dish with curry and pineapple, regardless of what the reviews say, yes your husband will eat it, but neither of you will enjoy it
Continue to plan dates together, your wife will look forward to it
Sometimes don’t ask your husband why, you might not like the answer
Take showers together
Overlook how your wife squeezes the toothpaste tube, no she won’t ever learn to do it your way
Don’t laugh at your wife when she is scared of creepy crawly things, she is a girl, girls don’t like creepy crawly things
Your wife is afraid of fish, they fall under the creepy crawly category, yes she will fish but you will take the fish off the hook forever, get use to it, she’s a girl
Learn to enjoy fishing, baseball, NASCAR and other sports yet to be determined
When you wife says she doesn’t need your help, she is really saying “I need your help pronto!”
When your wife says that she doesn’t really need something or it is up to you, what she means is that she wants it
When your husband smiles at you, he is saying I love you
Blessings!
Love,
Kim--WA
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posted by ljeagle
awww fish thing is so true...
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posted by HeatherR
That's so nice. Boy Kim, we must be on the same wave length today/tonight...
Here are some things I've learned since being married: (1 yr & 7 mos)
- He cannot read my mind, regardless of how much I will him to do so. (This is a BIG one.)
- Some men are more afraid of creepy crawly things than I am.
- It's okay to have time to yourself.
- Accept help when I need it.
- Accept The Simpsons and Star Wars.
- I can feel beautiful at my worse moments.
- I can laugh at myself.
I could go on and on...
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posted by Daisygirl
When you wife says she doesn’t need your help, she is really saying “I need your help pronto!”
SO TRUE!!
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posted by aug05bride
I think this is an excellent idea. DH & I have only been married 3 months but I still think we should do this. I just sent him a note telling him about it. I think it will help us communicate better.
I personally love the one about the curry pineapple dish. That was too funny.
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posted by Kim&Bob2004
August, Oh my word it was terrible! YUCKY! I ate a few bites and had to stop. I made it for Easter Sunday. NEVER EVER AGAIN! I think I got the recipe from AOL or somewhere, but will never try it again! We normally eat chicken one or two times a week, and I love doing different things with it, but that was the worse. But Bob, sweatheart that he is, just ate it anyway, and when I said IT"S GROSS, he just grinned and said, "it's alright, not something I would want to eat all the time...." LOL
Daisy, I am really bad about not asking for help, and Bob said he has discovered that when he asks and I say no to try to help anyway. I am trying to change becuase my DH doesn't read my mind, but old habits die hard sometimes. :-)
Blessings!
Love,
Kim--WA
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posted by bebe0315
Seriously, I am sitting here fighting back my gag reflex thinking about the pineapple/curry combo. Wow.
I think the biggest thing I have learned - or I guess realized is the more appropriate word - since we have been married (a whopping 1 month and 9 days) is that we really ARE in this together, forever and ever, we really are a TEAM. Kind of "just you and me against the world, babe" if that makes any sense at all. I feel like we are our own personal little floating island in the middle of shark infested waters. This is my safe place. It's pretty cool.
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posted by Daisygirl
Kim-We have been married for almost 20 years and my husband Chris still has'nt figured this one out yet!
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