“Someone said something about women with strong personalities and I assume they just meant every woman alive.”
I saw a thread on a Facebook group I follow about marriage and I started to think about what it’s like to be in a partnership.
In my family’s culture, women are held on a pedestal - every culture is different, but that’s my background. Women are held in high regard because women are equals, partners and frankly, miracle-workers.
Christina and I are partners - our pronoun is “we”. Combined everything, including goals.
Christina can organize, tidy, clean, cook and bake - and I can do those things as well. We’re partners, there’s a balance and a dance to everything we do, and we do it together. You have to pull together as a team and that’s the biggest hurdle that I think couples in debt...or not...go through:
-they haven’t combined finances
-they haven’t got on a written budget with details they’ve agreed on
-they think it’s a “his car loan” or “her student loan” problem (their pronouns are broken)
-they don’t share goals and dreams
We have this rock-solid response to things that come up in our life and it’s simple - we’ll get through it together because we’re better together. We have trust and we have each other and that’s been what was needed to move through this journey together. Our communication is open, honest, vulnerable and transparent. Spiritually, we’re on the same page in connection with the direction we’re leading our little family in.
To summarize, my wife is a superhero.
Men, we need to act intentionally and invest in our marriages like our lives depend on it, because they do.
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