Marriage Work – “Ya’ win some. Ya’ lose some.” – Got up to make my new delicious (clearance) craft coffee, asked the hubs if he wanted some (a win, in my opinion). “No, I don’t drink coffee.” (Choke…yes, he does!) “Oh, you only make it when it’s really cold out?” “No, I drink it on the weekends… pay attention.” (A lose…in my opinion for BOTH of us). “Oh my gosh, you need to TELL me some things – you are not the Center of my universe….” (Foundering here…felt I needed to explain. So I came up with this lame explanation): “God is.” (And even I had to laugh immediately at that lie.) “No, He’s not, He should be. I am.” (Honesty and transparency are suppose to be wins, right…even if the center of your universe is wrong, right? :-o).
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