Recently, I've had the opportunity to remember a moment in my young married life. A moment I'm not proud of, but I wonder if it's something most folks bump their proverbial heads against a time or two in their lives.
It's all about those gatherings with friends, when we start to share tidbits from our married lives. Which soon turn into trading the currency of whose partner has the strangest habits. Because, isn't that what it is when someone says something about their partner that elicits laughter? An ante in the chatter pot, to show you too are part of this new group.
But later, we start to understand the effect this is having on our relationships (hopefully before the damage is too great). Because, when you take a close look, it's about respect. Respect for the person you've partnered with ... for possibly, the rest of your life. Without respect, there can be no trust and without trust, the connection or love will whither.
I mean ... how would YOU feel to learn your partner was dissing you with their friends? Yeah, not great. Not great at all.
Love, K
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