Married Good-Bad-Ugly
From the outside, the blue and white house looks well maintained. There are pretty pots on the deck; a shiny BBQ; patio table and chairs; an American flag waving in the NW Montana sky. There's a raised flower garden; a vegetable garden; a dog playing in the yard; even the windows look clean.
But when you look closer you see the paint is chipped; some of the boards on the deck are sagging; there's a crack in the cement; and no one ever sits on the deck due to job pressures, time restraints or yellow jackets. All is not what it seems. This can also be said of marriage.
Outsiders tell the couple they are "so cute, so funny, so good together." Friends tell the couple "you complement one another" and "your marriage seems happy and strong." Little do they know! Yes, our paint is chipped, the pretty tarnish gone long ago. If our moods aren't sagging, our eye lids are. There are cracks in the relationship, holes in our memories. We say very little to one another due to job pressures, time restraints or the TV remote control. All is not what it seems.
Ann Landers will ask her readers: "Are you better off with him or without him?" Verdict is still out for the couple in the blue and white house.
But when you look closer you see the paint is chipped; some of the boards on the deck are sagging; there's a crack in the cement; and no one ever sits on the deck due to job pressures, time restraints or yellow jackets. All is not what it seems. This can also be said of marriage.
Outsiders tell the couple they are "so cute, so funny, so good together." Friends tell the couple "you complement one another" and "your marriage seems happy and strong." Little do they know! Yes, our paint is chipped, the pretty tarnish gone long ago. If our moods aren't sagging, our eye lids are. There are cracks in the relationship, holes in our memories. We say very little to one another due to job pressures, time restraints or the TV remote control. All is not what it seems.
Ann Landers will ask her readers: "Are you better off with him or without him?" Verdict is still out for the couple in the blue and white house.