A Piece of Relationship Wisdom

a little share for our 10th wedding anniversary

When I first started dating my now-husband, I held him on a pretty high pedestal - but there were two key differences between us:

1. I liked to be picked up - and pick people up - from the airport. He arranged cars and sent drivers.

2. I talked to my core people 1–7 times a day. He doesn’t talk to anyone that often, except his assistant, and he couldn’t understand what on earth we could possibly talk about that often.

I know what you’re thinking - these might sound like small things (orrrr maybe you’re thinking that I sound co-dependent - ha!). But early on, I wondered if they might be big things. I mean, who doesn’t want to take and pick their partner up from the airport?! And could I be okay in a relationship where we didn’t check in constantly?

One morning, crawling along the 405 on my way to work, I was on the phone with one of my “talk-5-times-a-day” people, chatting about these differences and that’s when she dropped a piece of relationship wisdom I’ve carried with me ever since: