Rose Colored Glasses or Magnifying Glasses?

"Before marriage, each looks at the other through rose-colored glasses. After marriage, they see each other with magnifying glasses!"


WOW, isn't this the truth!!! When we are dating, we do look at the other through the darkest rose colored lasses! We very much tend to let things go! Sometimes we think we can change this or that. But we really see the good and not the not so good. Then we marry and take our honeymoon, come home and settle into our new life. What happens to our rose colored glasses? They are gone! We first see through regular lenses and then we move on to magnifying glass! Are you serious? Do our spouses change or do we just see it differently? I really think more times than not, we now are only looking harder at them and wanting them to be mr perfect, so we tend to go over and over and over them with a magnifying glass! Like the way he brushes his teeth or the cup he leaves in the sink! It was ok, while you were dating, but not anymore! Is it really fair that we change how we look at each other? I don't think it is. I really don't!

So girls, why do you let the small stuff go while dating and trying to keep him, but man we get married and it's war? I really wish we could see this, and stop it! Not only does it make us grumpy, but it hurts our spouse and marriage. When we all the sudden see the little things as wrong and start complaining, they come insecure and it continues!

So remember we can't use a magnifying glass in our marriage if you want it to be happy, and not just there! Stop sweating the small stuff and let go! Let them be who they are, and you be who you are! Remember why you feel in love and if you have to, keep the rose colored glasses on! No I don't mean turn the cheek to abuse or adultery, I mean don't freak out about the toothpaste on the sink that you ignored while dating! Don't flip about this socks beside the bed, or the cup in the sink that he did not rinse out.

Until next time,

upgrades

"wishes we could upgrade our bodies as easily as we do our phones, my next model would definitely have longer legs and less wobble!"

How true is this! I know it's funny and silly, and when I saw it, I knew I had to share it! It's so true! There is always a new and better phone and it's so easy to upgrade your phone, at any time! It's nothing, it's simple and easy and something we know we can always do. Even if it's just a want and not a need. But yet, we abuse our bodies and there is no real upgrade for them! We don't get the sleep we need (look I'm up and should really be sleeping), we don't eat the proper way at the proper time, all the time, we don't drink enough water! Ok, I know some of us do some of this, but I'm talking about the general rule of thumb here! So just go with me, please! Seriously, why do we not take better care of our bodies/ ourselves! We spend our time taking care of caring for everyone else, because we are Mom's, so that's just how we roll. But if we ever stopped and realized, just that 1 thing different, would really mean a longer healthy body, would we change and do it?

I can say I am doing my best! I have cut out soda's! This is hard, I love my some Dr Pepper and Cranberry Sparkler Sierra Mist, so it's tough, but I am doing it! And I am drinking more water. Now if I could just get everything else, maybe I could save myself some heartache from the lack of upgrade, much less a nice free upgrade!

So think about it, and maybe take better care of yourself, because we don't have upgrades readily available! :)

Until Next time,

Marriage is like thighs!

" Marriage is like thighs. First they start off smooth, then gets a little bumpy, but without them, you don't have a leg to stand on." ~ Sylvia off The Nanny

OH MY GOSH!!!!! How true is this?!? It is by far the truth! When you first get married, it's so sweet, and everything just goes so smooth! It's really like a fantasy or even the beginnings of a Fairy Tale! Somewhere down the road, you hit some bumps and dips!! Some create little damage, as you keep on truckin', but then you have those that create major damage, and it takes a while to get the kinks worked back out! And through out it all, there are smooth parts of travel down the highway of marriage, but there is never a perfect marriage! It's not always smooth! And Gals, let me tell you, if anyone tells you it is always smooth and perfect, they are not being honest!! You really may have more smooth and good times, maybe even so smooth you forget most of the rough roads! But without the rough bumpy rides, the big dips, and the wonderful smooth ever so peaceful parts, it wouldn't be real! So on the days you are asking yourself why did you get married or even when did my husband turn into a jerk, don't feel like you are the ONLY one that says these things, and yet can say they really have a good marriage! Marriage is a job, and it takes a lot of work, hard work! And to be a good marriage, you have the have the smooth and rough roads!!! It really takes it all to make it all worth it, because if it was always smooth, you just wouldn't realize how good the smooth moments were! Be sure to enjoy all parts of your Marriage, yes including bumps and dips! They keep it real, teach us lessons, and help to steer us back to the smooth surface!!!

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