Category Archives: Marriage

Day 2410 – How To Deal With Disappointment In Marriage

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Tomorrow marks 9 years since I met Bret. Because of this, we never really celebrated Valentine’s Day. As our dear friend Josh says, you should celebrate love every day. I joke a lot that we celebrate on the day we met so we can get cheap candy.

A bonus of Bret teaching is the number of holidays he gets off. Last year, President’s Day fell on our “met-ya-versary” and we did a mini getaway. It was so great. So this year, I thought, maybe we could do another one? As luck would have it, I found a great Groupon and we booked a 2 night stay Sunday through Tuesday. Bret had to be back to work Tuesday morning, which meant we’d have to leave super early.

As the weather report firmed up, Bret thought it wise to cancel the trip. So we did. I have to admit, I was really disappointment. I’ll be the first to tell you that our living situation is fantastic. It honestly feels like we’ve been on a trip for the last 10 months. But it’s always fun to go away. So once the trip was cancelled, I was really bummed. I even went as far as to look up hotels that were closer for a 1 night stay…before the weather got in the way. It was supposed to start around 11/12, so we figured it wouldn’t be so bad getting home. Bret was on board, but then we decided it probably wouldn’t be a good idea. Again, I was disappointed.

Here’s what we did instead…

Thursday night, we went on a date to a restaurant nearby. Delicious food and good conversation.
Saturday, we got coffee and enjoyed good conversation.
Sunday after church, we tried a buffet and it was one of the best buffets we’ve ever been to. After we got home, we watched a movie, read and chatted. We were able to watch The Walking Dead and Talking Dead live.
This morning, as we walked out the door to grab Dunkin for breakfast, it had already started to snow…a good 3 hours before the weather had called for. I realized, Bret made a really great decision. It would’ve been a mess coming home from the second option of a hotel.

While at first, I was really disappointed….and I let Bret know I was disappointed (I think a big key to dealing with disappointment). I told him since we couldn’t go, I wanted to do something….or at least know what we would do. I’m thankful for that conversation, because it has been a truly wonderful weekend and celebration of us.

How do you deal with disappointment in your marriage?

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Day 2407 – Marriage Advice And A Book Review

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Thank you to everyone who answered the poll yesterday! I’m rolling a book review AND marriage advice into one post!

Bret found Marriage: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures by Amber Dusick at the library. We’ve had SO much fun reading through it together. We’ll read a few pages before going to sleep and it’s a great way to end the day. There are some REALLY funny pictures/situations in here!

So the advice? Laugh with your spouse….even if it’s laughing at the crazy things you each do! 🙂

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Day 2406 – HELP! I Need You Readers!

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I’m quickly approaching the 5 year anniversary of this blog (WHAT?!?!) and I’m also fresh off of a great wedding vendor/marketing/business conference….so obviously, my brain is spinning. When I started this blog, it was more about reaching current and future brides. It was pulling back the curtain on our marriage and letting clients in. Since we left photography, it has gone through a few changes. I was thinking how I said I wanted this blog to be helping more marriages last “til death do us part.” I guess some of my fun/random/nothing interesting happened posts show that sometimes marriage can be “mundane.” But I want to do something bigger. I really do want to impact other marriages.

So! I need you to tell me what you want to read about. What are your favorite topics that I talk about? What do you want to hear more about?

Take a second to answer my poll! Please share with your married and soon to be married friends.

Thanks!

Day 2404 – Do You Actually Living In The Moment?

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Today, Bret was supposed to work and I was supposed to go to the first day of WeddingWire World in DC. A few days back, we learned of some snow. This morning, schools were closed. I assumed that if schools were closed, it wouldn’t be super wise to attempt to attend the conference. So, we put on our PJs and settled in for a snow day. But here’s something I have to admit – I sometimes really suck at living in the moment. I found myself thinking – I should’ve gone to the conference and I should be doing other things. But there was this voice that kept saying, live in the moment, enjoy this time with Bret. So I did some work, turned off my computer screen and we walked to Dunkin’. We had a chat and then grabbed some snacks. At home, we made a pile of books and snuggled up in our boat made out of chairs. I’m so glad for the time with my hubby and I hope that my future self thanks me for trying to let go of what I think I have to do and living in the moment.

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