Thoughts on Marriage

 

Aren’t we cute? Brad and I have been together since 1999 - and we got married in 2006. So what took so long? Easy. I/We needed to grow up. And I needed to learn some hard lessons that who we think would be our perfect ideal of a mate is rarely what is actually best for us. In so many ways he is the best thing that has ever happened to me. He cares about me - enough to fight with me when its important and enough to let me win when its not. He is the first person on my mind when I have news, and the last person on my mind when I go to bed. He lets me be weak and willfull, opinionated and tender without ever asking me to be someone else. He sees the potential inside me when I can’t see it in myself - and he makes sure to bring be back down to earth when I am out in the stratosphere.

He loves enough of what I love that we have plenty in common, but he has his own life too. Our hobbies differ, but our values are aligned.

He’s a sucker for animals and small children, he is goofy and silly without shame. He is confident and courageous and just a touch of arrogant to keep me interested. I enjoy our debates, which our friends seem to think is fighting - we are just into logic and the mental challenge of outwitting the other. Keeps the mind sharp, ya know?