To The Moody Wife Whose Husband Doesn't Know - Here's What You Need to Know

It's so funny because just yesterday a friend shared a link to a blog, Perfection Pending. I read this re-post to husbands about their angry wives. Not only did I laugh out loud, but I felt like the original author, Jesica Ryzynski of Her View From Home, was dead on the money! Because I too often feel like an angry person, myself; so through my life, I've had to create coping skills or good habits to help me manage. Some people might think that I am just bottling it, but really, I'm just trying to buy time to figure out what I am really feeling and why I am acting angry before others feel the repercussions of that anger.

So, as you can imagine, this article about angry wives is on my mind, but I get up and walk through my morning today like an angry wife. Sure as her article stated, my husband asked me too, "Are you okay? Something seems to be off with you this morning."

Well, duh. The list Meredith gave husbands to deal with their angry wives... I hadn't shown him the article yet. I must need to stop and read it to him. Or... I just need to use those coping skills and get to the root of my mood swing.

I chose honesty. I also chose to leave it alone after sharing the issue. You know? Rather than nagging and harping on something that I just explained once. It turns out, I got more results than when I keep up the complaints and the nagging.

Maybe I will eventually show my husband the article that Meredith re-posted, but for now I'm just going to let him be himself, and I'm going to love him through the mess because I'm my own mess too. If I haven't perfected him after 15 years of marriage, I'm probably not going to get perfect. But I sure do love his imperfect, perfect for me self.

So here are a few of my tips for the moody wife whose husband might read as angry:

Best Daddy Ever

It took us so many years to get ready for babies, then we wanted one overnight. (Like that happens for anyone!)  Four years later, we finally conceived our first child.  #MyBoy has been the greatest gift ever, and I can only thank one person for that gift.  My dear hubby!  (Okay, if God were still in human form, I would thank Him too, just like I do everyday in my prayers!)

Would you look at these faces?  God has truly blessed me with two of the most amazing boys I could ever ask to have in my life.  My husband takes care of us, working hard (mostly in the hot Georgia heat) so I can stay at home with this boy, he supports me, he is my voice of reason, and he keeps us laughing!

So, today, I wish him the happiest of Father's Day - his second with boy in arms! I want to thank him for sharing this life with us and making parenthood possible for me. Happiness means so much more!

Happy Father's Day, TBone! I love you!

XOXO,

TT