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Marriage Actually - An honest look at marriage

January 28th, 2008

What’s good for the goose…

So, surely we all have those things in marriage that we wish we could change in our spouses. You know, those petty habits of theirs that aren’t going to make or break the marriage, but that you just really wish they would fix already!!! We’re not the only ones, right?
So, for me, it’s […]

By Kerri -- 3 comments

January 9th, 2008

Trying so hard not to be Marie…

Barone, that is, matriarch character of Everybody Loves Raymond. Cuz I could totally turn into her (she says as if she’s not already).

The latest being the day that Bald Man called sick into work. He doesn’t often, really. He has to be pretty bad to not go into the office. As […]

By Kerri -- 2 comments

January 6th, 2008

The Battle of the Clutter

It’s not him, it’s me…

I’ve always been a cluttered person. In jr. high/high school, I was the one with the bed arranged perpendicular to the door so that all of my junk/clothes/books/notes, etc. could be “hidden” on the floor on the other side of my bed. I had a closet which had a […]

By Kerri -- 1 comment

August 27th, 2007

Sign of a Good Marriage?

No, the size of the diamond is not the indicator of a good marriage. Good marriages and bad marriages alike come in all shapes, sizes, weights, and purities of gemstones. And sometimes no gemstones at all.
No, the sign of a good marriage that I’m thinking of is one that keeps coming up lately. […]

By Kerri -- 1 comment

June 8th, 2007

Who’s your momma?

One of my biggest pet peeves is to be with a couple and to hear one person speak to the other like a child. Now, certainly there are a number of behaviors that can fit this description, and can fall anywhere on the spectrum from mildly annoying to downright abusive. And if it’s […]

By Kerri -- 4 comments

May 15th, 2007

What Do I Do That Ticks My Spouse Off?

Yeah, yeah, I know what I do that ticks him off. Wanna know? Okay, I’ll tell ya.
1. Our recent whirlwind road trip reminded me of this one. I am that annoying person in the passenger’s seat that sucks in air through my teeth and grabs hold of the dashboard every time […]

By Kerri -- 4 comments