Too Much of a Good Thing {It’s Link Up Thursdays}
Is there such a thing as too much of a good thing when talking about marriage? I was thinking about this as I sat here with a slightly enlarged belly because I once again overindulged in my favorite snack: peanut butter. I have no idea what it is about the taste of Jif and Skippy, or why it’s so hard for me to simply get two tablespoons of the stuff (the portion size most nutritionists and trainers will tell you not to exceed per day) and simply close the lid.
Instead, I open the lid, begin dipping my chilled honeycrisp apple slices in the jar (don’t worry, I’m the only one that eats peanut butter in this house) and long after my apple slices are gone, I’m still dipping my spoon. For my health and fitness goals, I can tell you this is not a good thing. I try not to keep jars of the yummy, gooey stuff in the house for this very reason. But on Sunday, I decided to face my weakness and buy a jar. By Wednesday, the jar that once contained 15 servings (at 190 cal each and 16g fat) was down to half its original size.
Now, let’s see, why did that make me think of marriage? Oh yes, because I’ve so often heard there is such thing as too much of a good thing and I’ve listen to people debate this theory in terms of marriage (and why we should “hold back” just a little). I simply can’t comprehend why I would hold back from giving my all. A chance to spend more time with my favorite friend in the world. Check. Having daily sleepovers with my lover. Check. Playing footsie under the table at dinner. Check.
In the case of peanut butter, chocolate, ice cream, Paula Deen’s hoecakes, there is definitely such thing as too much of a good thing. But in the case of my husband, our marriage and the love we have between us, not a chance. I’ll take a jar full of that any day!
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Until tomorrow…make it a great day!
Why I Love My Husband (the never-ending list):
100. He does so much more for me than I do for him but he gains this inexplicable joy from seeing a smile on my face.
101. He gives alot, expects only a little And is overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude when I do sonething insignificant like take his car to get washed (something he’s done for me many times over).
102. He always pays when we go out. Our dating has never ended.
103. When he gets tired he conks, in the middle of whatever he was doing, and sleeps like a baby.
104. He stays off his Blackberry when we’re having dinner no matter how many work issues he has going on.
105. He is forgetful about all insignificant things but he never forgets what is most important.
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Fawn Weaver
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