Changing of the Guard
These days, I’m a lot less guarded around my wife. I know that’s probably a shameful thing to say, considering that we’ve been married for more than a year now, but I no longer feel inhibited by machismo to share with my wife what’s going on with me personally.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m built Charmin sensitive and usually don’t hesitate to let her know as such. But whether its confidence in myself, or trust in her, or a little bit of both, its becoming much easier to express to her the way I feel, in a way that she understands why I feel the way I feel.
I think that our biggest fear as husband and wife is to become partners or casual co-habitants in our lives and home. We don’t want to wake up one day and find we really don’t talk, needs are going unmet and flames of passion are dimming, only for our genuine love for each other to be the only thing keeping it all together. We want to be friends, lovers and partners forever, and recognizing what the other brings to the table makes it a lot easier to put your stuff out there as well.
Who wants to feel like they should say something but are intimidated to do so? Have you ever felt like your husband or wife didn’t understand you? Like what you felt didn’t matter? You should tell them that, because whether its true or not, they’ll appreciate you a lot more when you let your guard down around them.