to peter and andrea.....
lessons learned from 24 years of marriage:
1. learn to be VERY patient.
2. be accepting, loving, forgiving of whatEVER
3. give and give and then give some more - it's about them NOT you.we are joined with the people we end up with for a REASON: we have something to learn or something to teach. at the hardest times, step back and ask yourself why am i here?
4. andrea: it will **** you off to no end that he: drops his clothes in the bedroom in neat little piles and perhaps expects something magical to hapen to have them removed. it will annoy you when he returns from work and goes straight to the TV or the computer and proceeds to "relax because he has been working all day" or "finish up what he has to do to support US - even though he knows you work every bit as hard as he does. no matter. be cool about it kiddo.
5. peter: it will **** you off to no end that she: spends and spends and spends because she in her heart believes funds and life are limitless or she expects you to spend more time holding her hand (we all need the physical) and walking with you in the park. remember always - you are yin and yang - the male and female - the opposite - and indeed you are together because some cosmic force brought you here. you need something. she needs something else. provide that and work toward it.
6. My biggest piece of advice: in your union, make sure you define what it is you both are working toward at the front end. so you always have a goal together and are doing something to attain it.
i hope you won't think i am being presumptuoius giving you advice! i'm just an old woman who certainly expects that you both will grow old and love each other always!
LOVE YOU BOTH and best wishes!
nan