Why does it feel so good to be right? Scott and I aren’t exactly passive people. We are expert arguers. Ask anyone who has spent time with us. It’s like our very own debate club that nobody wants to be a part of. I tell myself that we’re just outgoing and vocal, but really we…
Sometimes the smallest things can cause the biggest problems. They tend to add up and spark bickering between spouses. Last week I walked into our bedroom and saw Scott looking all frustrated. “What?” I asked him. He pointed to the scale. He told me I had left it out again right in the middle of…
While at the grocery store yesterday, my daughter asked me if we could have onion rings for dinner. I started to say no because I didn’t feel confident that I could make them. I have loved onion rings since I was a little girl, but it seemed to me it was not possible to make…
Sometimes I feel unimportant to my husband “I am not on your priority list. In fact, I am not even in the ink of the pen, that you write your priority list with.” This is what I slowly said to my husband this week as he was sitting at the table, doing homework. Yes, it…
A couple of weeks ago we had a disagreement that lasted all day and into the next afternoon. I refer to this one as the 30 hour fight. We were not seeing eye to eye and there looked like little chance we were going to. Agreeing to disagree wasn’t agreeable. It started as such a…