a compliment

Hubby has a coworker and a friend going through a pretty messy breakup. We have become pretty good friends with said coworker/friend AND his girlfriend. They have been together for a long time. Like close to 9 years long time. They lived together. Hubby and I noticed their relationship dynamics were changing, but we did not say anything. I think Hubby said things to coworker/friend, but I did not.

Well. They are not living together and she is not returning his phone calls. Messy. Icky. Not fun.

The girlfriend is also the daughter of J's sitter. I walk into the house today and start taking J's coat off and the sitter tells me that her daughter paid us a compliment. Something to the effects that she wants what Hubby and I have. I forget the exact words, but loving and respect were in there.

This made me ponder my marriage to Hubby and what was said. Out of my married/in a relationship friends, we have a pretty good thing going on. Better than good it is great. Lots of exclamation points and boldness in the word great. We still make time for one another. We still do the things we used to enjoy before J came along and we modify them to fit with her. We communicate. It isn't until you see other couples in action, that you realize the dynamics of your relationships. It has not been easy. There have been rough patches and the most memorable was when J was a newborn. We were trying to figure out our new roles as parents and as spouses. A bit rough, but we worked through it.

I just think it is nice that someone on the outside looks in and see what we have.

posted by Stephanie @ 10:52:00 AM