An Open Letter to Significant Others (a RANT)

[momoftwinsinwi]

This thread makes me sad. Doesn't anyone have a good marriage anymore? My husband kicks ass. He was only 19 when we got married and I already had a child from a high school relationship. He said a child deserves a real house and a father. He married me and bought us a house. He let's me dress him up as Jack Sparrow and he thinks I'm adorable even though I look like Barney Fife. Come on I know some of ya'll have a good marriage?

Sissy, how long married?, it's a work of love.......

 

[MROO]

MROO, I would treasure the time we actually get to talk, this is a dip in a very large pond of what I am dealing with cheers with a Coors Light my friend

To quote Dory (from Finding Nemo) ... "Keep on swimming, swimming, swimming!"

 

[EggWalrus]

Women are amazing, and can do anything. But men are very helpful and the money they bring is pretty good too. My husband is necessary as he reaches everything for me (he is 6'3" and I am 5' only). I've been married 30 years to him and don't know what I'd do without him. He DOES irritate me on a daily basis, but I overlook that because he is so useful. And I have to say he lets me do and buy and get most anything I want and vice versa! We let each other be who we are and that's saying a lot!

If that's the only reasons yall stay together, i wouldn't call that a true loving relationship.
You can buy a step stool.

 

[momoftwinsinwi]

Dealing with eldery folks, cancer and addicton....it's tough, but my peeps keep me sane LOL

 

[Cynthia12]

Hubby just turned 80 and he has parkinson's. Since he has a hard time doing things he relies on me. I have a lot of things I have to put on hold to help him out to do the things he wants to do. I need to get the birds moved around so I can set up my bachelor coops and pens so I can separate the young males from the females and move some youngsters from one coop to another so I can move other chicks into a coop out of their brooders. I have been selling some birds to cut down on the size of my flocks. I try to sneak some time in to do some of the chores I need to do. Hubby doesn't help with the birds. He did like Gladys before a fox got her.
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My hubby has Alzheimer's. He was a great help with my chickens in the past. This is my first year without them. I find that I'm not missing them as much as I thought I would.

 

[momoftwinsinwi]

Stay strong my friends I love you all

 

[Cynthia12]

This thread makes me sad. Doesn't anyone have a good marriage anymore? My husband kicks ass. He was only 19 when we got married and I already had a child from a high school relationship. He said a child deserves a real house and a father. He married me and bought us a house. He let's me dress him up as Jack Sparrow and he thinks I'm adorable even though I look like Barney Fife. Come on I know some of ya'll have a good marriage?

I do! Even though my hubby was diagnosed with Alzheimer's a year and a half ago...I always say, he's the best thing that happened to me in this lifetime. Treats me like a queen! He's in early stage, I still like to say, that I still have my Scotty man. Slipping into mid stage, but he's still loving and helpful. I've truly been blessed.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Hubby just turned 80 and he has parkinson's. Since he has a hard time doing things he relies on me. I have a lot of things I have to put on hold to help him out to do the things he wants to do. I need to get the birds moved around so I can set up my bachelor coops and pens so I can separate the young males from the females and move some youngsters from one coop to another so I can move other chicks into a coop out of their brooders. I have been selling some birds to cut down on the size of my flocks. I try to sneak some time in to do some of the chores I need to do. Hubby doesn't help with the birds. He did like Gladys before a fox got her.
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I love this pic!!!

 

[Aunt Angus]

This thread makes me sad. Doesn't anyone have a good marriage anymore? My husband kicks ass. He was only 19 when we got married and I already had a child from a high school relationship. He said a child deserves a real house and a father. He married me and bought us a house. He let's me dress him up as Jack Sparrow and he thinks I'm adorable even though I look like Barney Fife. Come on I know some of ya'll have a good marriage?

Sounds a bit like my marriage, tbh. I was 19 when we married. We both had kids - me from high school, him from 1st marriage (he's 8 years older to the day; same bday!). He worked very hard those first few years. Then I took over, worked 3 jobs, went to college full time. Now I'm the breadwinner, and I bought our house.

He's a pretty good guy most of the time. I honestly think he does this because he had low self-esteem. Idk...

Of course there are good marriages! Lots of them! But let's face it, some days, even a wonderful spouse deserves eggs in his slippers. It's a lot cheaper than a divorce ... and a whole lot more fun!

That's what this was. A rant about a normally pretty great hubby who needs eggs in his slippers.

Stay strong my friends I love you all

I love you all, too. Seriously.

 

[rosemarythyme]

This thread makes me sad. Doesn't anyone have a good marriage anymore?

I'd like to think I have a pretty good marriage. We have an arrangement that works for us - as long as he works, he doesn't have to do anything at home (though he pitches in, mostly on heavy lifting type stuff). And as long as I take care of everything else (call me the animal caretaker/trainer, gardener, chef, housekeeper, accountant, personal shopper), I don't have to work a paid job. So he gets to be comfy cozy after 8 hrs a day, and I get to call the shots on almost everything since I'm a control freak.

Also I guess this is highly unusual nowadays but I don't have any immediate friends, family or even extended family who've been divorced. His side has 1 family member who has been divorced but I didn't even know about that until recently.