Brag alert !!! This is going to be a post about how wonderful my husband is. Continue reading at your own risk. I will not be held accountable for any vomiting you may have from reading the mushiness to follow.
This June will be our 10 year wedding anniversary. O.M.G I can't believe we have made it 10 years. When we got married people assumed it was because I was pregnant and we thought that was what was expected. In reality, Yes, That was what was expected. But no, It's not the reason why we did it. We got married because we both loved each other and really couldn't see ourselves with out the other. We had talked about getting married less than a month into dating. We had been friends for over a year and a half before we ever moved into a dating relationship. I think this fact played a huge role in our relationship progressing the way that it did.
Fast forward 3 years and we were in the middle of something that many couples don't survive. Our son's ASD diagnoses. The rumored divorce rate in families with autistic children is like 70%. OUCH !!
But somehow we found the strength to keep it all together. We have had a few rough spots along the way, but nothing too major. We take time for each other. We talk to each other, and we are very physical with each other. I'm not just talking sex people, get your heads out of the gutter. We hold hands, we hug, we kiss often and just touch one another. Physical contact in any form is very reassuring. Someone who doesn't love you will not make the effort to touch you.
My husband is very silly. He might be 9 years older than me, but he sure don't act like it. He's goofy, he tells jokes and is generally just silly. We play around together and with the kids. We have tickle fights and those usually turn into an impromptu wrestling match. (usually because I'm trying to get away before he makes me pee my pants, and he's holding me down so I won't get away) We laugh at each other all the time. But we can also laugh with each other too.
He helps me around the house - He cooks, he cleans and he gives me so much help with the kids. He allows me to have time to myself. This is a huge factor in why our marriage has worked.
We support each other. He works full-time and has been going to school to finish his biology degree. I became a stay-at-home-mom to help him finish. While, his working and going to school while I was home worked for us for those 5 years, it doesn't anymore.
He supports me.- I'm back in the workforce. I see the time I'm at work the way I used to see my time out with my friends. It's my mommy's having a time-out time. I get to take off the MOM hat and put on the AMANDA hat. and I love that. I miss my kids when I'm gone, but that's all forgotten when I get home and discover the giant messes they have made for me while I was gone. Only partially kidding here, but seriously, He does WAY more than a lot of guys I know.
some of my friends are having some serious marital issues right now and hearing about them all, makes me more appreciative of my husband and all he does for me.
He makes my life easier. He doesn't have to, but he does. He is there for me in all the ways I need, and even in the ones I'm not aware I need.
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