Those of you who are relatively new to the marriage cycle with only 5, 10, or 20 years experience, I am going to pass on the wisdom as figured out by Wife and I as we are finishing our 36th year of "uninterrupted bliss and harmony".
Communication is the key. Let me show you an example from last night of how this works.
Partners 1 & 2 are having dinner. In the course of the dinner conversation a frustration breaks out when partner 1 doesn't understand what partner 2 is saying. Details are not important here.
1 suddenly decides he/she is not hungry and ups and leaves the table leaving food on plate and goes upstairs to watch TV.
2 finishes dinner and cleans up carefully putting 1's food away. 2 goes and watches TV.
After 45 minutes 1 comes down to normal TV spot downstairs.
2 walks by room and gives brief smile and gets brief smile back.
1 - "Are you still talking to me/"
2 - "Of course, I'm not the one who went away"
1 - "I'm hungry"
2 - "I'll get your dinner"
2 brings dinner to 1. Brief discussion of issue ensues. 1 summarizes.
"We're in our 60's. I fully expect us to have the same arguments when we're in our 80's"
Mutual laughter and kisses between 1 & 2
The End
6 comments:
Yay for harmony!!!
I'm taking careful notes here...
I'm confused. When does the pouting, door slamming and swearing under one's breath come in?
Terri - that takes way too much energy. As you get older you just want to get through the process as quickly and efficiently as possible.
I'm all about communication
I love this. bookmarking it for future reference.
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