Once upon a time over in Pets I wrote about my life as a pets blogger and all the tales I’ve become privy to. People love talking about their fur kids as it is, but when they find out I write about pets? Wow, you should see how much more they open up!
Learning I’m also a Marriage blogger doesn’t have quite the same impact. For instance, if someone’s having pet behavior or training problems they ask for my advice. People usually aren’t as eager to admit to problems in their marriages.
However, one thing I’ve noticed is what a difference it’s made in my own marriage. Wayne’s always been a wonderful husband, but anymore it seems he tries extra hard.
Yesterday with him going out of his way to make me both breakfast in bed and send flowers is a perfect example. (It wasn’t just all about what he did for me. See Celebrating Our Proposalversary to read what I also did for him.)
But also when I was sick a couple months back…who was that masked man in the kitchen making our dinner, doing the dishes, and holding me tenderly while waves of pain assaulted my back? Or the guy who put aside his skepticism and agreed to go to a ghost hunting class with me?
Now, all this extra TLC could be attributed to the fact we spent so much time apart last year. (First it was because he was working so darn much and traveling is part of his job. Then it was because we were going to move to Florida for his new job.) Perhaps it’s just a matter of better appreciating the time we do get to spend together now.
Or…
…it’s because he feels the pressure of being in the blogging spotlight.
He doesn’t always read my articles, but he’s well aware of how honest I am in my writing. And how I often use anecdotes from our life. (He became painfully aware of that when I wrote To Declaw or Not to Declaw, That is the Question. He took some of the reader comments to heart.)
He’s also very conscientious of his image. If I’m going to write about stuff, he’d much prefer it was good stuff. Hence, the above and beyond TLC treatments.
Perhaps having the opportunity to become a Marriage blogger was one of the best things to ever happen to my marriage!
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