by Kenzy England

Created on: September 28, 2008

Admit it, your spouse drives you crazy at times. They make us want to tear our hair out and scream at the top of our lungs. Sometimes, we say ugly things to them that we don't mean and can't take them back out of sheer irritation. It happens to the best of us, but you have to remember that this is the person you have chosen to spend the rest of your days with. In the times that they are making us go nuts, it's important that we remember why we chose them in the first place. Perhaps the very thing that is driving us crazy is a part of what attracted us to them in the first place. Just a little something to keep in mind.

My husband is a great kidder. He loves to joke around and teases me relentlessly. He makes me laugh so hard I that I think my stomach is going to burst. Then there are times when he hits a sore spot. Nothing major, but we all have things that bug us to no end. Not so funny to us, but something that they seem to find great humor in and enjoy themselves immensely. He will dig in a little bit more just to get a rise out of me, usually with great success. Why can't he just pick on the dog? She'll just look at him like he's a fool and walk away from him.

In all honesty, though, I wouldn't trade the head case in for the world. Yes, he annoys me on an almost daily basis, but it wasn't so much his humor that drew me in, though it was something that did attract me in a small way. He may not be the most sensitive man in the world, but he is when it really counts. He's always been there for me during the good and the bad; he listens to me when something is bothering me just as he did before we were married. He still supports me in whatever I should endeavor, no matter how hair-brained it may sound. The most important thing is that he is still the same man I married ten years ago. There was no great secret personality flaw that was being hidden from view. What you see is what you get. I wouldn't have it any other way.

None of us is perfect. I'm sure I have some flaws that makes my husband crazy, though I can't think of one right off the top of my head.

Remember WHY you chose your spouse. Concentrate on all of the good things he/she does, don't dwell on the little things that annoy you. There's an old saying: If you can't beat them, join them. I believe wholeheartedly that this is true. You will both have a good laugh, and that can do wonders for your marriage.

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