Smitten and Unashamed

I am utterly smitten with my husband. And you know what? I’m not ashamed to express that to him every opportunity I get throughout the day. We both work long hours and talk on the phone several times a day so early on in our relationship we created a habit that we continue 9 years later. Before we conclude a call with each other, rather than saying, “Bye,” we say “I love you.”

Years ago, I remember driving my colleagues crazy because we were all in an open office together and they had to hear me say “I love you” to Keith several times a day. As the years have passed, I’ve found we often begin our phone calls and in person greetings with “I love you” and end them the same way. The poor people around us!

But here is what I’ve learned about myself and so many others. We are completely unashamed to talk about how much we looooove a television show, a sports team, a musical artist, a type of clothes, and especially our children. Yet, we’re bashful in expressing our love for our spouse. I don’t know why this is the case and haven’t spent much time thinking about it. But this much I know: there is no one more important to me than the person who pledged to be with me through the good times and the bad, through sickness and health, til’ death do us part.

Stevie Wonder has a song entitled “I Just Called to Say I Love You.” It’s a nifty little song and something tells me you may even know the words”

I just called to say I love you

I just called to say how much I care

I just called to say I love you

And I mean it from the bottom of my heart

When was the last time you paused in the middle of your day to call your spouse for no other reason than to simply say, “I love you?” No motive. No requirement of reciprocation. Just an expression of your love. It’s okay to be smitten by your spouse. That’s why you got married. At least, that’s why I got married.

Until tomorrow…make it a great day!

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Fawn Weaver

Founder at Happy Wives Club

Fawn Weaver is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of Happy Wives Club: One Woman's Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage, adopting the same name as the Club she founded in 2010. The Happy Wives Club community has grown to include more than 1 million women in over 110 countries around the world. She’s an investor in real estate, tech sector and lifestyle brands. When she’s not writing or working, she's happily doting over her husband of twelve years, Keith (and sometimes manages to do all three simultaneously).