Accept your husband as he is, because you can’t change a man, and you picked your husband for a reason. The greatest need we all have is to be loved and accepted as they are. Imagine finding out the person you are most intimate with, trust the most, love the most, finds you flawed. They know […]
Valentine’s Day is four weeks away, but you don’t need to wait for that one day a year to let your spouse know what they mean to you. Everyday is a great day to tell your husband you appreciate him, and have some fun together. A fun way to do this is with love notes […]
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I’d love the Couples Game for my husband and I 🙂
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I also like the Goodnight Sweetheart My Child to do with my kiddos 🙂
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Oh how nice! I’d love to play the couples game with my finace! Valentine’s Day is my absolute favorite holiday! 🙂
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I would play the game with my husband!
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I would like to play this with my husband.
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I would also like to try out their Goodnight Sweetheart
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What is your favorite place (other than our honeymoon) that we have played around in (wink) and why
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I would give this to my sister and her BF because they so cute together and I think they would enjoy this.
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I love the night cap notes, so sweet and cute, def something I would have loved.
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this would be great for my husband and i!
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i’d also like to try goodnight sweetheart my child
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i would love this game for me and my husband!!
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i like the goodnight sweetheart nightcap notes
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I’d play it with my husband, of course!
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I’d definitely play this with my husband!
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I’d play it with my husband!
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I would love to win this to play with my husband
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I would play with my man.
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I would play this with my husband. Thanks.
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I would give this to my boyfriend, he loves board games and it would be sweet for us to play together.
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i’d give it to my niece and her fiance
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This is a game my hubby and I would really enjoy!
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Hubby and I would have fun with it.
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I would love to share this with my boyfriend. Last year was tough, but we seemed to have really found each other these last few months, and what was just a surface flirtation, or puppy love, has turned into something truly wonderful. While I don’t get to say goodnight to him every night in person, this would be something nice to bring out every now and then to help remind us of what we’ve found with one another.
Thanks Penelope!
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I would give this as a present to my hubby.
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i would play this with my husband
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I’D PLAY with my sweetie of course.
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I would give this to my husband.
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I would play it with my husband, thanks for the chance!
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i would play it with my husband
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I’d play this with my husband.
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I would share this with my husband of soon to be 12 years. Thank you
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Id play with my man, of course! 🙂
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Good night sweetheart looks cute 🙂
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My husband and I would have a blast playing this!!!
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I’d play it with my husband 🙂
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I’d play it with my hubby!
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I think the Goodnight Sweetheart My Child version would be fun to have.
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i like the couples game to play with my hubby eaglesforjack@gmail.com
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Definately the couples game.
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I love the way casually dressy, tousled loose upod buns (aka messy buns) allow a woman to look both laid back yet pretty. Here is Natalie Portman sporting the messy updo bun that the simple tutorial below can help you create as well: The messy updo bun is a beautiful and sophisticated hairstyle option to […]
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Very cute!
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I wear my hair like this a lot
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I think my hair is finally long enough to do this again! I love messy buns:)
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Sounds easy…I’ll give it a shot tomorrow maybe.
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Very nice! I highly doubt my hair would cooperate though 🙂
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Love this, new follower.
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Nicole, you’d look great with it…you are already so pretty.
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Who knew that I was being fashionable when my hair would like that a few hours after fixing it. 🙂
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As much as I try to do the messy bun, it still comes out looking too neat. Drives me insane! I think I must try to hard. Will have to try this! 🙂 Wish me luck!
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Yeah, that is cute. I need longer hair LOL!
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Cute and laidback style!
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I wear mine like this a lot. 🙂
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I would love to do this with my hair!
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This’d be great for me but my hair just never co-operates at all, I’d really like to try this, but it’ll just go all crazy.
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I always throw my hair up but this looks so much better than mine does. It’s messy but looks like it was on purpose. Love it
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Of course I find this after I chop all my hair off.
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How cute!
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I have short hair but I try many different styles on my daughter. Unfortunately, I’m terrible at doing hair. This might be something I could do.
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When my hair was long, I wore a messy updo a lot. I love this look!
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It’s looks good. Rather neat, if I do say so myself.
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cute!!! I’m always looking for things to do with my long hair. I don’t like short hair but I also don’t like putting it in a boring pony tail every day
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Very cute! I love the messy look. My hair looks better after a few hours than it does when fixed. 🙂
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Today women really can have it all, and get everything they want in life, as long as they do it right. “Women today are encouraged by some to have it all: money, travel, marriage, motherhood, and separate careers in the world… However, you cannot do all these things well at the same time. You cannot […]
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Beautiful quote for sure. I think a lot of us got overwhelmed trying to do everything all at once. We have to step back and enjoy these things little by little because at the end of the day, we are still all those things:)
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love what you’ve shared here. the “you will get a tummyache” quote is great. there’s a great line in “Sweet Home Alabama” where Fred Ward’s character says to Reese Witherspoon’s character, “your ass can only ride one horse at a time, darlin’.” Love that. Anyway, great post. So nice to see someone happy (and blooming) where they’re planted. – Jg.
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That is a great quote. I love it.
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It’s more fun one at a time anyway…you can focus on each and enjoy it more, and nothing is neglected…and you get to do everything in life that you want!
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Thanks and welcome 🙂
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Thanks so much for this perspective. I find myself falling into depression when I think about trying to juggle every role. Thanks for the reminder to just enjoy the moment (or season) that I am in.
A great post, Penelope, and so true!
So true. Id on’t understand why you would want to change what you fell in love with. Now I’m about to print this post, and give it to my SIL 🙂
I love this post because it is so true. I am loving your new blog life here just so you know. This is great and can’t wait to read more.
I agree. I married the man he was, is and will be.
Thanks for great advice. We have been married for 35 years and it is still as true now as ever.
I really enjoyed this. I like to read articles that make you think and want to do better. Nice to be reminded.
That’s very sweet, thank you for sharing. I’m afraid I’ve already had two husbands… I’m a divorcee and a widow. You have some good advice though 🙂
Thank you Penelope. I think sometimes that when we are frustrated with our own lives, we try to find our problems outside of ourselves (most likely in our boyfriends or spouses) rather than looking at our own part in what is upsetting our lives. Sometimes it’s not so much that they need to change, but that we need to have a better approach to the things that our bothering us. I was getting upset about how little time my boyfriend was spending with me (his work schedule during the week is crazy), and instead of nagging him to ask me out more, I planned a nice dinner, rented a movie he’d like, and told him to come over on a day I know he could leave work early. I could make him the problem (which he really wasn’t) or I could solve my own dilemma by creating the solution. I felt more loving, I avoided a potential fight, and I had a wonderful date night, which may become a weekly thing to look forward to.
This is awesome! He is lucky to have you, and you’re showing what an understanding wife you’d be.
Aww, thanks. Your posts are always a good reminder of what we as women, are capable of in terms of caring, nurture and compassion.
I loved this post. It is so true. We are in our third year of marriage and I see us doing this to each other on occasion. I’m going to work on this.
wonderful post, Penelope! a lot of people , esp in todays world rush into things & then when it gets hard, want a quick fix or rush out! I picked a strong loving man, and am proud to stand by him as he still stands by me after 37 years. Not always easy , but great things take work 🙂
You have written this so well Penelope. Seeing it from the your spouses’s perspective makes it clear why accepting him is very important. I want him to see me as a loving, accepting, kind and soft-hearted wife, not a naggy, never-happy, sharp-faced one.
Very true, I love this post!!
GREAT POST!! Thanks I needed that!!
This is a lovely post! I want to link to it, there are so many great insights. No, you can’t change a man, only yourself. I know who I married and love him just the way he is. I do hope he improves as a person but I love him where he is NOW. There was a time earlier in my marraige when I had all these hopes for who he would be – that isn’t such a bad thing to do. BUT the hoping became unhappines with who he was at the moment. There is a fine line and i crossed it. So glad I realized it before problems arose.
It’s ok to hope, but never tell him know, and keep those hopes realistic. It would rip us to shreds to know that our husbands had “hopes” for what we would be instead of what we are. It means he doesn’t love us as we are, which would hurt.
Hope for things like roses for Valentine’s Day, rather than that he get into better shape or earn more. The prior won’t hurt him if he learns you hope for it, but if he feels like he isn’t attractive to you or that you feel he isn’t successful enough, it will hurt him. You can hope he makes more money in your mind. Sort of like hoping to win the lottery- nothing wrong with it— just don’t ever nag your husband to work longer hours or ask for a raise 🙂 So many reasons why- I’ll get into it in the future.
A wife who is loving, accepting, kind and soft-hearted is a gift in itself…men don’t care if a wife like this doesn’t cook well, never gets him gifts, and is always ten pounds overweight. If she makes him feel accepted and loved and is sweet, she will always be the greatest gift to him.
37 years! You can teach us all quite a bit 🙂 I hope you return and share insights, and congratulations on picking such a fine man.
Good things to remember. My husband drives me crazy sometimes. And then I think about this…he NEVER mentions the weight I have gained since I met him. He doesn’t care if the house is messy…I am the one who obsesses over my weight or who gets upset if the house is not clean. He comes in at the end of the day and the look on his face shows he is happy to see me. I’ve learned not to hit him with all the bad things of my day…at least not right away. I open the door for him, we hug and kiss and for that moment nothing else matters. My favorite part of the day. Thanks for the great article.
Thank you for sharing that, you have such a sweet marriage!
This is all very well when talking about everyday things like criticising partner’s faults like not cleaning up after himself but what about when you find out he’s been cheating on you with someone you know, who enters your house regularly. I’ve given my husband all the independence that he has given me. I have never abused that freedom but he has several times but doesn’t see it as abusing – it’s just another “different” kind of relationship from ours. What do I do – accept him as he is?
You accept someone for everyday minor mistakes (because we all make them)…I don’t think cheating is acceptable, ever. This is totally different, and his response to you about it being a “different kind relationship” is pretty ridiculous. There is only one person he should be having that kind of relationship with (you).
Penelope, I like your blog very much. You’ve put so much your soul in it, and it is pleasant to be here 🙂