ACCEPTING MY IMPERFECT SPOUSE
An anonymous reader of this online journal surprised me with an email late in the afternoon yesterday. Still on her middle 20’s (I guess she must have been somewhere between 24-26) and just starting a family with her husband and two-month old daughter, this reader, who revealed she happened to follow the conversation of comments among my Mommy friends in my post prior to this, was intrigued with the way I said “I’ve already accepted the fact that my husband is a not-so romantic person, while I am the opposite”. “How was I able to do that?” and “Did my love for my husband lessened in anyway as soon as I realize his flaws?” she asked.
Wow, what very innocent yet challenging and thought-provoking questions. And the whole time I was trying to compose a reply for her, I was pausing for so many times thinking how I am going to answer her questions truthfully while at the same time imparting on her some words that could help. To someone like me who have been married for six plus years already, others could have thought the questions were very easy to answer as rich experiences throughout married life would suffice to give an equally authoritative and satisfying answer. Continue Reading »
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