Someone said something to me today that made me sit back and reflect on how AWESOME my wife is..
I was getting a cup of coffee at work and was chatting with a colleague (wifey.. you will love who said this) and he asked me how my wife is doing. I said.. "she is doing well. She's working part time at the hospital.. her cookie biz is doing well and the rest of her time is all AVA 24/7.
He looked at me and said.. "tell me, why did she marry you again?"
At first I just laughed..because this guy loves to break my stones.. but then I really thought about it..
If my wife married me thinking I would be wildly successful, ensure financial stability, fill the house with lots of Tornetta's.. etc... She really got a raw deal.
I come home from work everyday thinking.. "man, Im tired.. boy.. all the work I do really stresses me out".. mean while.. my wife is probably on her 4th load of laundry, she has dinner in the oven, a cookie order on the cell phone and my daughter tugging at her shirt begging for her attention. My wiofe spends countless nights up past 11pm working on her cookie orders that need to be delivered the next day.. sometimes she does this knowing she has to be up at 6am to head to The Hospital to work with the crazies.
On the weekends she often cleans the house and never asks me for help.. knowing full well that she would rather be doing 101 other things other than cleaning the bathroom.
If she is not taking care of me and Ava.. she is at her parents house helping them, or she is watching one of her nieces, or she is off doing something else for someone else other than herself (say that 5x fast).
I guess what Im saying is.. I am certainly not up for Husband of the year.. but I am truly the one who lucked out when my wife said I do. It was perhaps the biggest sale I have ever made in my career of being a sales guy.
I love you Honey.. and thank you for saying "I do"
PS. Im going out with the boys tonight.. I'll be home after I get shit-faced and find my keys.
Monday, February 9, 2009
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Lucia sounds like an amazing wife and Mom... you are an awesome husband for recognizing everything she does for your family. (I'm sure you're no slump either!)
I hope that you got something special for your wife on Valentine's Day or did something special for her, oh, maybe today, just because it is the first day of spring! Talk is cheap, as you well know. Actions really do speak louder and it doesn't have to cost you anything, but a little time and effort. Nonetheless, it's great that you put it out there for the public to see.
"Someone" I wish you would identify yourself.. you put a bunch of insightful comments out here for us to read.. I'd like to know who my counterpart is..
None the less.. I didn't get her anything for Valentine's day. I won't go into detail here as to why or whatever.. Obviously everyone is different and every relationship has different nuances, etc.
Does that make me a bad guy? I say.. "it depends"..
I could (and maybe I will) write a series of posts about my understanding or lack there of, of all the things, big and small that a guy can do to help his sig Other feel like she is truly appreciated and loved.
One thing I know is that it's different for every woman in a lot of ways..and the same in many as well. I also know that getting it right 100% of the time is impossible and many men have not lived to tell their story when they screw it up.
Thanks for your reply.. if you don't want to publicly tell who you are.. feel free to email me ;)
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