Angela BensonIt’s been a while since I’ve posted one of my Newlywed at 50 posts. I admit that I haven’t posted because I was a bit embarrassed by the incident that I needed to share. Well, today I take the leap and tell the story.
Confession: I’m a 50-year old married woman but sometimes I act like a high school teenager.
There I’ve said it. Guess what caused this bit of insight?
Recently George went on a 10-day out-of-town trip, our first separation since our marriage. Guess what I learned from that trip? It’s good have mutual expectations for calling. You can see where this is going, right? I told you it was high school.
Anyway, the first day he was away, I would guess he called me about one hundred times. Okay, I’m exaggerating, but he did call a lot. A whole lot. At one point, I might have asked, “Why are you calling?” I didn’t add “so much” but I was thinking it.
Well, the next day he called about 4 or 5 times. Guess what? I started wondering why he wasn’t calling me more often. I told you it was high school. The good news is I didn’t comment on this to him.
The next day I had to call him! Now I’m getting angry. Can’t the man pick up the phone?
The next day he called so early he woke me up. What was my first thought? Why is he calling so early?
Lesson learned: He can’t win when it comes to calling me when he’s away because I can’t be satisfied.
Had anyone told me I’d be this silly at this age, I would not have believed them. Somebody please tell me they’ve been just as silly.
I think that’s cute. Your reaction reminded me of me 🙂
YES!! but don’t tell anyone. I have been married 17 years.
In my many first marriages I was this silly…. not so much now…but you know Talib so you understand. But early on if my husband forgot to call me, well I forgot who he was ….for real – so that didn’t work out for him. Of course, I was insane back then.
LOL – can’t say that I’ve shared this experience but I definitely can see it happening 🙂 BTW – I love your N@50 posts!