A for Effort

As far as Valentines Day goes, yesterday was a pretty nice one. Not at all romantic, but comfortable. Hubby took the kids and I out to a family restaurant and gave me perfume and chocolate. He produced a beautiful card and wrote a couple of paragraphs on his own. He said all the right things and more. He should have stopped at all the right things. Here's what he said - But shouldn't have...

"I'm sorry that I am an ass."
"I love you with all my heart, fat or skinny, ugly or pretty, tall or short, It doesn't matter. You have a personality of an amazing women...."

I know he meant well. It was a lovely effort. It's a good thing I'm not PMS-ing and can see that he didn't really mean to call me fat and ugly. "Tall or short"? What's that about? It never crossed my mind that height could be an issue for us. It's a good thing that he started by apologizing for being an ass. ;)

Ladies - Back off! He's all mine. But seriously, I love him and the way that he always tries to say the right thing and ends up saying the wrong thing. I am so thankful to be married to a man who loves me for who I am on the inside. (I think that's what he was trying to say)

I also bought him a card. No gift. He has everything that he wants. I feel sorry for men on valentines day. There is so much pressure on them. Maybe it's just me, but I can never think of the perfect gift to express my love. And if I was to buy him something (since I'm not working right now), It would be with his money anyway - And he'd need to know how much it was before he could say thank you for saving him a trip to the store to get it himself.

Our marriage has grown to be comfortable - In a good way. And I love our life together. It's good to know that it's enough just to be ourselves with one another. And to love and be loved unconditionally.