A TEXAS cowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates.
'Have you ever done anything of particular merit?' St. Peter asked.
'Well, I can think of one thing,' the cowboy offered.
'Once, on a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of bikers who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked him in his face, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, 'Now, back off...or I'll kick the @#$% out of all of you!'
St. Peter was impressed, 'When did this happen?'
'Just a couple minutes ago...'
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. -- Bernice Johnson Reagon
School is out!!!! Yay!!!! Yes, I'm turning cartwheels as I type!
I'm off to the faculty cookout right now. I told H last night that I was going and that I may need a ride home. It's nice that I have plans and he doesn't!
Time for the teachers ot let our hair down!
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. -- Bernice Johnson Reagon
I posted a story on my thread about a man who hired a naked maid to clean his house. Perhaps this would solve your problem. You could hire a naked maid to clean the house.
Friday night I went to the end of the year faculty bbq. It was nice to unwind with my coworkers with no students around!
Saturday night my two daughters invited me to go out to eat with them and see Sex and the City. Yes, my youngest DD is now 17 and can go see rated R movies! Of course there were scenes in the movie that made me a little uncomfortable being with my daughters! I got home from the movie and saw where I had a missed call from H on the house phone. He called oldest DD on her cell, but apparently had tried calling me at home first.
Sunday H came over and worked on the pool and mowed the yard. While there he told me he tried calling me but I wasn't home. H said he had planned on calling me earlier, but had a crisis with a friend.
About two weeks ago two of our friends separated, but only stayed separated about a week. The H accused the W of having an affair because she was never home. She assured him that was not true. She also told me this. She has been with me through all of my separation and has seen the devastation that it caused our family. So it never even entered my mind that she would do that to her family.
Apparently, I'm very gullible because she has been having an affair since October. Her husband and children are devastated. My H told me that he went to the H's house Saturday night and both of their adult children were there. They of course are heartbroken and very angry. My H is very upset with her, which of course I find ironic since he did the same thing to his family!
I think it is opening my H's eyes. He is able to see the pain that the H and children are in. He always seemed blind to our pain.
The H (friend) came to our house last night. I swear he looks like he has aged 20 years. The H asked me "What did I do to deserve this?" I said,"Nothing, you did not deserve it." My H was standing here listening to this conversation. He hugged me and said, "Yoyo, has really stood by me since I messed up and she should have kicked my a$$. The friend said, "Yes, she should have." My H said, "But we are working things out." The friend said "That's really good."
So although I hate to see my friends in pain, I do think it opened my H's eyes. Well at least for the time being...
By the way my friend is the last person I would have thought would do this. I guess it just goes to show you that maybe there is something to a midlife crisis.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. -- Bernice Johnson Reagon
Glad to see you had a pretty good weekend. Sorry about your friends though. I'm glad that your H stood up and said what he did. Admitting he messed up and that you're working things out. I'm so incredibly happy for you.
Have a good day. I'll email soon!
Hugs- Sue
ME: 42, H: 42, D6 Together: 18 yrs. Married: 15 yrs. Attended Retrouvaille - December 2009 Status: Working on it day by day
Wow! That must have been something. Your husband feeling compassion for a cheated on spouse! And saying nice things about you! And saying "we are working things out. Wow!!! He is changing. It is a really slow process. Well, this friend of yours is quite the surprise. I can't believe she never let on to you. It is unbelievable, isn't it? There's no one you can assume won't have an affair.
It sounds like your H is really coming around. It is something that he feels so much for your friend through his crisis. That is progress I feel bad for your friend and all he is going though right now. Are you going to share DB with him?
It is amazing what MLC can do, that your friend never let on that she was in the midst of an A while you were going through with all that you have gone through with her by your side.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when, you can only decide how you're going to live now. ~Joan Baez
I imagine that your friend didn't tell you because she thought after all you had been through you wouldn't approve. I am surprised that she could do that after seeing the pain you have been through - it will be interesting to hear her take on things.
I am glad you had a good weekend and that your H said what he did.
Was the film good? I was thinking about going to see it.
You got mail
Saffie me 46 H 46 M in 1986 D20,D18,S16,D13 H's A 01/05 to 07/06 H recommitted to M 07/06 renewed vows 09/06 Going from strength to strength
I just wanted to let you know that I think of you and your H often. You are such a great wife and mother and you deserve every chance to piece your marriage back together. I think it fortunate in a way, for you at least, that your friends' tragic situation can come to at least some good, in that your H has a very obvious example laid bare before him for how ugly and harmful such selfish WAS behavior can be.
I'll remember to include your friends in my prayers. I really believe now that God does indeed try to make even our most horrible of life's circumstances work out to some good in someone's life, if as a an example to others if nothing else.
