Marital Advice
**** Sharing - It's Not Like In Kindergarten ****
You
learned as a child that it is good, proper, and nice to share with
others. This concept carries over to marriage, but it works a
little differently than it did in kindergarten.
Let's
say, for example, that you like to occasionally eat a banana.
You realize that your wife is not as fond of bananas as you are and that
she rarely eats them. You stop at a convenience store on your
way home from work and they have some great-looking bananas.
You decide to buy two of them - one for today and the other one for
tomorrow. You get home and place your bananas on the kitchen
counter. After dinner, you decide to have one of your bananas
for a snack. Your wife asks, "Can I have the other
banana?" Of course, you graciously say "Yes."
There goes tomorrow's banana.
A
few days later, you stop at the same convenience store and they again
have some great-looking bananas. You decide to get yourself two
of them - one for today and the other for tomorrow. You recall,
however, that last time you did this, your wife ate your second banana.
You decide to compensate for this and buy three bananas, two for you
and one for your wife.
You
get home and place the three bananas on the kitchen counter.
After dinner, you decide to have one of your bananas as a snack. Your wife does not ask if she can have a banana.
The
next evening, after dinner, you decide to have your other banana as a
snack. Your wife still does not ask if she can have the remaining
banana.
By
the third day, your wife still has not asked if she can have the remaining
banana. By this time, it has turned black and is inedible.
You throw it out in the garbage.
Like
I said, sharing in a marriage is not the same as sharing in
kindergarten. Good luck figuring it out.
Ten days until Valentines Day
Still time to buy that special guy a gift, maybe a book . . . .
Copyright
© 2018 By Peter Davidson
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