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October 10, 2005, 10:19 am PDT
10/10 Wifestyles
Quote From: striple You missed the point. I am not talking about a life or death situation. Naturally, I would choose saving my child over my husband, and he would do the same. I am talking about spouses making time for each other that is sacred time. Whether it is after the children are asleep or while they are at school. Whatever your schedule permits. I am talking about honoring each other and presenting a united front when it comes to discipline and not letting the child/ren play one parent against the other to get what they want because one parent is more lenient or whathaveyou. I am talking about teaching our children by example how to respect and love and nurture. And I am speaking from experience. I have spent the first five years of my marriage putting everything, including our children, before my husband. And he checked out mentally and emotionally. This past year has been a rather rocky one that almost spelled the end of our marriage. Maybe I'm not explaining myself as best that I should. And I hope that someone can make sense of my middle of the night rambling. I totally understand. I, also, learned the hard way. Spouse should come before child/ren. I put my kids first and we almost lost our marriage, too. So, yes spouses really need to make time for each other at least once a week, preferably outside of the house. Yes, this would mean a babysitter for the kids, so that the marriage can thrive and in turn the family as a unit is happy.
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