I can absolutely relate. Maybe not two or three times a week, but I can relate. This is exactly the kind of changes I've made in myself to try to communicate in W's LL.
You mentioned shopping. I HATE shopping, and in the past, I made that painfully obvious. Now, I shop. I still can't really say that I like it, but I've managed to get to a place where I realize that W loves it and I enjoy the time spent with her doing things that she likes to do. We went shopping at the mall twice last weekend. Between W and the three D's, they spent a bundle. Penney's was giving away $10 gift cards for every $50 you spent. The cards are valid only between Jan 18th and 29th. I saw three or four of them on the china cabinet last night and asked W if she would like to go shopping sometime over the weekend (I have Friday off this week). So even though I can think of literally hundreds of things I would rather do, I’ve been shopping twice in the past five days and have already volunteered for another trip to the mall.
W loves gardening. I would prefer Astroturf – no dirt, no mud, no mowing, no bother. I trim shrubbery. I plant flowers. I spray for bagworms. I dust for fungus. I buy ladybugs. I till. I mulch. I do it, not because I like it, but because W likes it and because I enjoy spending the time talking with her while we work together in the yard, the garden, and the flower beds.
W loves decorating. You could have Scotty beam you into my house from orbit around Ceti Alpha 3 and you would instantly know what season it was here. We decorate for New Year’s, we decorate for Valentine’s Day, we decorate for St. Patrick’s Day,… I wouldn’t be surprised if we decorated for Flag day. I think it’s silly. It’s a lot of junk to store. It’s a lot of work and bother to keep changing the stuff out. But guess what? I do it. And I smile. I even pointed out a New Year’s tablecloth in WalMart since ours is on its last legs. I enjoy making W happy.
