My Husband Rocks!
I was thrilled to find this weekly meme on Blissfully Domestic and couldn’t wait to join in myself. My older sister said something right before I got married that has really stuck with me. She said she hates it when she gets together with women and all they want to do is criticize their husbands. She says whenever that happens, she leaves the room.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t ever discuss things that our husbands do to upset us (with our closest friends) because no two people can go forever without having arguments, and talking is part of healthy problem solving, but I do think the culture of man-bashing is crap.
Hence, my love of this meme!
So why is my husband so great? He works his butt off and is providing me a life in which I’ll be able to stay home with my kids when they’re young. He does this even though sometimes he fears that work is sucking his soul away. He could be hopping from job to job, or barely holding one, but he’s responsible, even when it’s tough to hang in there.
It isn’t necessarily a fair deal. I will get to be home and organize my day the way I want to (don’t get me wrong, I know it ain’t easy being a SAHM, but I do know that when I’m at the park with my kids on a sunny spring day and he’s stuck in a gloomy hospital, he’ll be envious of my freedom) and I’ll get to be there for all joyful moments of watching my babies grow. And when I do work at various times in my life, as I am right now, I have the option to work part-time because we don’t rely on the money I make. Because of this, I get to choose work that I find fulfilling instead of doing it out of necessity.
My husband is a good man and I’m lucky to have met him!
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Marriage
Joyful!? I intended for this part of the title to come off as ironic to those who know me well. I’m highly particular and resistant to change in most things. I switch my socks back and forth several times every single morning before I’m satisfied with their fit.
As for the Housewife part, I’m hopeless, just hopeless when it comes to keeping house. So the tagline which follows the title is quite apt: Domestic Bliss, Eventually. I hope to live up to this manifesto as I post to this blog in the days ahead. I suffer from Chronic Disorganization Syndrome, so this should be interesting.
December 15th, 2009 at 2:23 am
One of the best days for me, and one of the many reasons I love my husband so much, was when he told me after a night out with his buddies that they all made him really uncomfortable talking bad about their wives all night, because unlike them, apparently, he likes his. He's a keeper.
December 15th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
I think it sometimes helps people to vent a little. It is better than taking out negative feelings on your husband. I don't think people necessarily mean anything by it but it makes them feel better.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Carabee ~ That’s so sweet! Don’t just love stuff like that in a marriage?
Anne ~ Venting is definitely necessary sometimes, but I think there is a very big difference between doing so with one good friend, and making a practice of husband-bashing whenever you get with your girlfriends. There is definitely a culture of people who do that regularly.
On the other hand, you are right. I’d rather get it out with friends than taking it out on my husband. If it helps me to commiserate with friends about how our hubbies constantly leave socks and underwear on the floor, and that keeps me from nagging him incessantly, then that is a good thing. I don’t think nagging is good in a marriage either.
Thank you both for the comments!!!!