You got the gist in the most important loving relationship when you are this young, how lucky you are!
If it moves a little bit forward, it would do further and further forward! You will never regret you have given your best shot!
Nowadays, I always say to my LD: You are so smart to follow my leads those days to get where we are now, otherwise, you would feel so sorry for yourself if you lost me as your wife! Heeeheee
Sounds like I am paying him the compliments, but I am blowing my own horns in fact! (唱自己的赞歌)
If people were born with the wonderful sense of humor, they are blessed with a bright future in their personal life. That talent will be called the natural bonus to them, because so many things will work out easier for them.
But, being humorous wouldn't be the best weapon in a wonderful relationship, but being caring about the loved one will be the best!
I remembered my best friend asked me the following when I started complaining about my LD's non-cooperation with my decisions:
Why wasn't he cooperative? A couple should be working collaboratively together, so that no one else could squeeze in. I wondered if you showed your care about him frequently enough? When he didn't support your decision, did you sit you both down having an open discussion? When he said something you thought making no sense to you, did you object him straight away without showing him any respect to his effort?
When I gave the NO to most of her questions, she said: Oh, bad moves! What's with the expression: Respectfully disagree!
Absolutely right! They understand much more that we think they would!
And they know us as parents, that's why they can always wrap us around their fingers! They take different, smart and convincing moves to get us do whatever they are interested in!
I guess we can try to be a kid in front of our spouses, playing smart, playing a spoilt kid (撒娇), playing a super girl, or whatever. As long as it makes the marriage make senses!
That's what we call: End justifies the means! (目的证明手段!) Here, the END is a working marriage!
If we could treat our marriage as the relationship that be beneficial to all parts involved, we would do anything we possibly can to make the most contribution. Because we want the best for ourselves, even that means we have to try much harder!
It is not uncommon that many senior couples I have met make jokes about each other and their marriage. The jokes go:
It is our third/fourth/fifth decade in our life sentence, but we are happy to be locked behind the bar (marriage) and continuously feel how bitter-sweet it tastes!
Another couple put their marriage this way:
This is a life sentence without any chance on parole, but we were ready to do the time in the marriage the moment we pledged to each other at the alter!
I guess you would agree that the little boy is the best thing that has ever happened to you in your whole life, and your wife is the person that brings the best to you in this world.
And no one else cares enough to do you this best honor, and in that sense, she deserves the best from you, no matter how hard this BEST means for you to fight for!
While you make that commitment to your little boy, you would be able to make your marriage a happy one as well! It would make more senses if you harvest what you grow!