LOL, no pressure. I just felt like starting a thread to kind of blow some steam off, laugh, vent about what we would say if we feel mean and filter-less because being more open and just laying it out in a nice way is working really well but I need to preserve my inner-bitchness somewhere. Can't give it up yet and struggling with whether or not I should.
You rock smart cookie. My H has a control freak streak too. His dad ruled the table of 8 boys with a broom and loud voice. Add that to a girl who was raised with a dad that tried to put her into a box until she was 18... to a girl that vowed she would one day grow up and keep her windows open while blasting the heat because daddy spent more money on a daily pack of cigarettes than the heat for the day actually costs and you get some really intense dynamics going on.
In my *state of me* assessment, I've discovered the amazing concept that if I just be the one who sees the big picture once in a while... if I can just give in and let him win once in a while... he is floored. Maybe part of building a life long relationship IS to be so unyeilding that he appreciates the change so much that he now talks more than he ever did, and more importantly listens. Maybe a marriage is something we should "db" all along so the 180s keep it fresh. Maybe I...no WE are just growing up.
Cotton candy, syrupy, gag-me confession... we watched American Idol tonight and cried. LOL. Music is such an important way we communicate. Lyrics we listen to the first time (seemingly) in songs we've heard all our lives just have a different meaning now. We actually voted for the very first time in all the years that show has been on.
I almost started music threads a bunch of times. Better than greeting cards, there is always something a song can say for you. This one though, has to be the place we can channel that inner bitch so we don't bleed so badly when biting our tongues.
