I went out with a a friend we'll call RIOT GIRL last night to see Phantom of the Opera for the first time and before RIOT GIRLgot in the car I could see that she was visibly frazzled. I think there were sparks flying out of her darling little head before she got in my car. I had to reach down to quietly feel for my fire exinguisher - just to be sure I was prepared!
Ohh.. I was grinning inside. I've sooo been there. What might have happened? I LOVE I'M PISSED OFF STORIES!
Many things can cause a mama to be frazzled before a night out and usually it has to do with husbands and their lack of ability to make the whole " going out" process… easy. Sometimes it's about saying goodbye to the kiddos and sometimes it's simply about the second outfit you were forced to put on because the first outfit, the good one, is now smeared with boogers and spaghetti hand prints. That's a pisser all on it's own right thur!
But of course it was none of those things. It was hubby. Hubby had created that beautfiul halo of hell fire shooting out of her head. It was quite impressive . A compliment coming from one who has roasted herself a DBD for many a thing.
" I'm would have no problem ripping his face off his skull right now!" says RIOT GIRL
Sigh.
Husbands.
Can't live with them…. cant' live without wanting to kick their asses most days.
As we were talking I was ensuring her that a night away would make it all better. It's like vodka for the soul or better yet…. a barbie bandaid on a nonexistent boo boo. It just makes things BETTER.
Of course we had a good time. RIOT GIRL and I are two of a kind and a FREAKING HOOT to be around if I must toot our own horns.
RIOT GIRL was lucky enough to be seated next to some fat ass who CHURCH HUMMED the entire score of the musical as a courtesy , free of charge. It made the evening - marvelous.
You know what a church hum is dont' you? That TRILLING? That … notjustalowhum … that shrill , trill, hUMMING of old 60 year old plus churchies singing to heaven. God love them.
It's just not cool during Phantom.
Hmmmmtrill… hmmmmtrill…hmmmmmmtrill..hmmmmmtrill hmmmm trilllllllllll
( slowly , softly )
Of course I was right. A night out hearing a church triller was all she needed. As well as a couple of theatre approved sippee cups full of kaluha and cream.
I dropped her off happy and ready to hug her hubby despite whatever he had done.
As a sucky wife of almost 10 years now, 11 relationship I have found that things roll off a lot easier. I choose my " hills to die on" so to speak and find that in a few days and sometimes even hours…. I've moved on.
I was never able to do that before in our relationship. I would stew for days. ON SIMMER. SLowly boiling. Our marriage was in dire straits according to young I!!! HOW DARE HE!!! Divorce imminent.!! BRING ME THE PAPERS!! I had my pen ready. Every other day.
Things are never easy- but as you grow in a relationship that is fairly healthy you learn to give and take and you learn to pick your battles AND your hills.
Sometimes all you need is that Barbie Bandaid, a church trilling hummer and some time with a RIOT GIRL to feel like you can go back to life, deal with it and move on.
Have you found that as you've grown up - as you're marriage has grown. It rolls off easier, the moments of flame and hell fire?
And more importantly. Did you notice the unintended wording 5 lines back?
Church Trilling Hummer.
BWWWWWWW AHAHAHHAHAHAHH !
I am a durty fool
Pray for me.
And more importantly. Did you notice the unintended wording 5 lines back?
Church Trilling Hummer.
BWWWWWWW AHAHAHHAHAHAHH !
I am a durty fool
Pray for me.
8 comments:
Definitely calmer and more rational in my marriage now. Dh can still drive me crazy, but it takes a lot more and I ignore most of it.
I agree with Shell. There are still things that each of us do that drives the other nuts, but we've learn to deal with those things so much better now.
How was the Phantom? I'm going next weekend (eek! can't wait!!). I hope there's not a hummer there!
Are "church trilling hummers" the smaller, more gas conserving of the pick or or they the ones that can run over a semi?
Seriously? You are right about the way healthy marriages mesh together and when both parties are doing what you described and picking their battles better and letting things go easier, it makes for a beautiful relationship. Just one person doing it? It still works, but isn't really healthy.
I'm glad you and RIOT GIRL had such a good time. I need to know where you get "theater approved cups of Kalua and cream".
We use the term "Hill to die on" a lot in this house too. Thanks to Preston. :)
hahaha, church trilling hummer. that is awesome. Yes, yes, and yes. I would NEVER return back to those first years of marriage. We never lived together, slept together, etc., so everything was such a big adjustment! I don't think I really thought we would stay together until we hit the 5-year mark, and then I thought, well, we've already adjusted to each other's weirdness, might as well stick it out! :) Girl friends are absolutely mandatory in any marriage in order to keep you from leaving/murdering your spouse :)
oh, there are days i'm totally more laid back and days that i could spit nails he makes me so mad. and after 10 years together - it's probably the ups and downs that keep us together. we're not boring, that's For Sure!
Guess I have a few more years of marriage to get to your frame of mind, being a young marriage grasshoppa and all! In fact, just this weekend, I was shooting virtual daggars out my eyeballs at my husband...yes maybe it is happening less and less over the years, but his scrawny little ass better watch out when he makes me reach my max of stupid shit!!!
I've been a loser in the game of matrimony before, so I want to do this FINAL marriage right.
I am often reminding of something The Mister said on our first date:
And I quote -"I say stupid things all the time."
And that is why I haven't bludgeoned him to death yet.
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