Making Marriage Work, Part 2

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So after watching the video of Joyce Meyer talking about making marriage work, I noticed a link to her book called, well, Making Marriage Work. I decided to order it, though I went the cheap route through Amazon. I got it the following day. I read some of those quotes that I had written down to my husband. I showed him the book. Every time he is non-committal about something I hold the book up at arm's length and he says, "Oh yeah, marriage." It's turned into a bit of a joke but I also think it is working. I was telling him about a vlog I watch on YouTube of Jeff and Jordan who met on Big Brother, are married and expecting their first child. Those two are so much fun together. They laugh together all the time. I want to be able to laugh like that with my husband... and I told him so. I reminded him of how much fun we had in Hawaii, how much we laughed. I read the introduction to Joyce Meyer's book and then read something back to him...[/i]The difference between couples living together and married couples is that married couples made a promise to keep working at that love for each other... Love between two people creates a safe place for them to come when they are weary and not on their best behavior. Love sees the best in the other person when they can't see it themselves.[i] I told my husband that when I am hurting and tired I turn to him but he feels he can't do anything about it. I said he CAN do something to help me emotionally and mentally, even if not help my physical condition. I said that I turn to him for comfort and he turns to pot. So you can see how this isn't working out too well. I will continue to hold the book up in his face and we will continue to laugh about it, but in the meantime hopefully something will get through to him. Our 19th wedding anniversary is coming up on August 2nd. Hope it's a good one.