Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Marriage

I had an idea that marriage:



  • was supposed to give me security.

  • make me feel safe

  • create the opportunity to make my family everything my own experience was not and remove the negative.

I had an idea that my husband:



  • would bring out the very best in me

  • make me feel like the only person when we're together (even though I wouldn't be)

  • make me feel as if I want for nothing

I had an idea that a relationship:



  • would make me stronger

  • would me discover new things about myself continuously

  • would make me strive for more, while being content with what I have

If my marriage is not what I thought it would be and is going in a completely opposite direction, do I have a right to want something else? Especially now that we have our child?


A friend once told me I need to stay for the child. Sometimes I feel the way we are together is worse for the child.