You Know you Have a Good Marriage When...
Posted: Sunday, July 12, 2009
by Teresa Ortiz
Freelance writer/Speaker
It has been six months and my husband and I are still dealing with one illness or another. He had two back-to-back lung infections and me, I continue to have bad allergies and another sinus infection. In fact, I am on my fourth day of a new antibiotic that I believe is working…this time.
This got me thinking, what if we were newly dating. Would we have been attracted to each other after a few weeks/days of snot, wheezing, coughing, and a day or two without a shower?
The other day, as is custom of late, I was feeling and looking…well, rough. What better time to ask my husband a question – a question that led to scribbling these thoughts this morning.
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You know you have a good marriage …
When you cough, blow your nose until brain matter comes out, and cuddle with a snot rag – and your husband stays in bed and pats you on the back.
When your wife watches you walk like a 90-year-old man and you take a break every few steps to catch your breath – and tells you that you are a sexy man.
When you are sitting close to your husband and you clear your throat so loudly, the neighbor thinks you are trying to get their attention – and he asks you if can get you some water.
When you are talking to your wife and you cough so hard, green gook practically flies out of your mouth – and she tears up because she is worried about you.
And last, but certainly not least, The Question:
You know you have a good marriage when you ask your husband if you are better looking than Kate Beckinsale and he pauses while actually considering giving you an honest answer – then responds with, "but I love you baby, you know you will always be the only one for me". To which you reply, you are a lying sack of poo – to which he replies, what about Johnny Depp, which leads you to change the subject, just as soon as you are done blowing your nose.
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As those vows say, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health… We've done the poorer, sickness, and in health thing, I think we will hang in there until we get to the "for richer" part.
Well, I guess I'm done scribbling for now, it's Sunday morning and time to go to church – we need all the help we can get.
Blessings to all of you!
Teresa Ortiz
The other day, as is custom of late, I was feeling and looking…well, rough. What better time to ask my husband a question – a question that led to scribbling these thoughts this morning.
~~~~~
You know you have a good marriage …
When you cough, blow your nose until brain matter comes out, and cuddle with a snot rag – and your husband stays in bed and pats you on the back.
When your wife watches you walk like a 90-year-old man and you take a break every few steps to catch your breath – and tells you that you are a sexy man.
When you are sitting close to your husband and you clear your throat so loudly, the neighbor thinks you are trying to get their attention – and he asks you if can get you some water.
When you are talking to your wife and you cough so hard, green gook practically flies out of your mouth – and she tears up because she is worried about you.
And last, but certainly not least, The Question:
You know you have a good marriage when you ask your husband if you are better looking than Kate Beckinsale and he pauses while actually considering giving you an honest answer – then responds with, "but I love you baby, you know you will always be the only one for me". To which you reply, you are a lying sack of poo – to which he replies, what about Johnny Depp, which leads you to change the subject, just as soon as you are done blowing your nose.
~~~~~~
As those vows say, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health… We've done the poorer, sickness, and in health thing, I think we will hang in there until we get to the "for richer" part.
Well, I guess I'm done scribbling for now, it's Sunday morning and time to go to church – we need all the help we can get.
Blessings to all of you!
Teresa Ortiz
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More commentsHi Teresa,Loved the article...that's the kind of marriage I hope to be in!JankaHi Janka,Welcome to searchwarp! I will be reading your article shortly.Thanks for the comment. You can have this kind of marriage if you are willing to go through the bad times and work through them. We certainly had our years of hardship, by the the grace of God and our friendship, we stayed together even when we didn't "feel" the love. In October it will be 24 years! Blessings to you! Teresa
hi t,it's almost like a privlege to be with someone who will take care of you when you can't. even when they don't feel good.i bent down one night to pick something up, and when i came up quickly, i bashed my head into the hard, round, steel bottom of an oversized fire extinguisher on the wall. the pain was immense, and then the blood started running down my face. i called my partner, he came and looked, said he'd be right back, calmed himself, and then took care of a huge gash that should have had stitiches, but i didn't feel like going :)it's nice to have someone around you can count on.thanks for sharing this,my best,sueI agree Sue, you said it well. It is a privilege and a gift. Blessings! t
Teresa. All very true. True love is certainly there for the difficult times. Over the past six months I've suffered shingles, skins rashes (twice), and heart palpitations and SVT that took me to the emergency room just last week (still getting these as reaction to my cancer surgery--but I'm OK). And my wife was right there with me. Not doing a very good job at all at being brave, shaking so much that she could barely drive me to the hospital for, as she said, "I realize that I more than love you, I adore you. I'm nothing without you. You are so important to me." Love, yes? Keep up the good work.Hi Jeff, thanks for the comment. You are blessed with an amazing lady :-) I am sorry to hear about all of your trials with your health. I will continue to pray for you and thank you for telling me you are ok! That was my first concern as I was reading your comment.Lord bless you and your family always! Teresa
A great article and a blessed couple!Hi Steve, good to hear from you - thanks! Blessings to you! Teresa
Very Sweet article. Yes, a good marriage lasts through the good and the bad.Hi Jeanine, thanks for reading and for the nice comment. Lord bless you! Teresa
What a hoot! What a hoot! What a hoot!Teresa, This was wonderful! And, so true!!Thank you for a good laugh, a good understanding and sharing what is love. I hope you are feeling better and will add you to my prayers.NancyHI Nancy, glad you laughed :-) I wanted this to be a light-hearted, silly read, that I think all married couples can relate too, and hopefully encourage those in dating mode :-)
Great article. Well done.You could not be more right, how many high maintenance marriages last..? Very few I should think.Thus, if your husband were to no longer be attracted to you when you are ill I'd foresee problems.But it could always be worse, some couples stay together even when one of them is terminally ill and struggles to string a coherent sentence. Honestly, a cold should be the least of someone’s marriage woes.But it could always be worse, some couples stay together even when one of them is termanaly ill and strugles to string a cohearent sentance. Honestly, a cold should be the least of someones marragal woes.Hi Connor, you are so right. Sadly, I know many couples who are enduring these kinds of hardships as I write this. What a gift to have such a marriage, but it takes work and dedication and selfless love.My husband has been by my side through 4 solid years of hardship with my health (a time when I was 98 lbs) and in and out of the hospital.Thanks for the comment! Blessings to you! Teresa
I love the article. Its spunky and energetic. One thing though: who the heck is Kate Beckinsale? Your assumption is that she is someone every knows. You could have used a more popular example, like Demi Moore or the like.Hi Darren, thanks for reading and the comment. I see your point, however, my husband thinks Demi Moore is ugly, so she wouldn't have worked.Kate Beckinsale is the girl who played the leading lady in Pearl Harbor, she played wife to Adam Sandler in Click, she was the main vampire in the Underworld movies, she was leading lady in Serendipity, and I can't think of any others - oh, she even got "punked" once. ha!You should google her name. There is a site that brings up over 200 photos of her.She is gorgeous - of course as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Blessings to you. I will read your articles. Teresa
Hi Teresa. Thanks. Got it. I see your point. By the way, as a big Adam Saddler and Ben Stiller fan, I loved the movie Click. Thanks for pointing out who she is.You welcome. The Wedding Singer is my favorite Adam Sandler movie, next is 50 First Dates. Have a great day!
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