Joanne_'jojo'
12-17-2005, 04:11 AM
I've finally found the time to sit and post on how far I've come and wanted to say a big 'Thanks' to the admins of this site for taking time to make this such a wonderful place.
About 6-8 wks ago, I can't remember 'cos time has just flown by lately, what with getting ready for Christmas and everything else, my wife went out to a friends to do some scrapbooking with a bunch of her girlfriends.
I was feeling girly, so decided to take a long bath after I got my son to bed. After getting all clean and smooth I decided I needed some lipstick, as I figured I didn't have time to do anything more time consuming and clean up before my wife came.
I cleaned up and thought everything was fine, my wife came home and we chatted and were both putzing around getting ready for bed when my wife finds a piece of tissue that I used to blot the lipstick. I didn't see it when I tidied.
CAUGHT. So we sat and talked and cried some. Luckily I had been planning to have the talk at some point so had saved some of the information from this site and links to other helpful sites so had answers for her questions. We both agreed on ground rules and that there is room for change in the future.
All I can say is I am truly one of the lucky ones, and my wife is incredible and probably why I love her more after 6 years of marriage than I ever thought possible.
We are still taking baby steps, and keeping within the ground rules and keeping some perspective and humour about this. Life is truly good.
Happy:
She has given me a lot of her makeup that she doesnt use so much anymore, to which I am really grateful as she only buys the really expensive brands and I probably couldnt afford to stock up with such quality :)
Really HAPPY.
I had mentioned a long while ago (in the summer) about getting my ears pierced, and my wife was all for it, just my silly ego etc that got in the way.
I went out shopping yesterday for her Christmas present (all I can say is some jewellery as she may read this) and saw some nice white gold studs and told her about them, and last night while we were out doing errands I decided to treat us to Starbucks.
Well right next to Starbucks is a Claires and while in the drive thru she said come on lets go get your ears done now. I have to tell the truth I did resist, I really wanted to but kept thinking on what would other people think. By the time we got our coffee I decided that I had the only opinions that counted in the car with me, so in we went.
I now have a small white gold ball in each lobe and a small white gold cubic zirconia stud in the top of my left ear (cartalige) and couldnt be happier.
I'm sure there is lots of other stuff I'm missing to tell, but I have gone on long enough and resolve to post lots more in the future and give something back for all the help I have received from here
Jojo.
About 6-8 wks ago, I can't remember 'cos time has just flown by lately, what with getting ready for Christmas and everything else, my wife went out to a friends to do some scrapbooking with a bunch of her girlfriends.
I was feeling girly, so decided to take a long bath after I got my son to bed. After getting all clean and smooth I decided I needed some lipstick, as I figured I didn't have time to do anything more time consuming and clean up before my wife came.
I cleaned up and thought everything was fine, my wife came home and we chatted and were both putzing around getting ready for bed when my wife finds a piece of tissue that I used to blot the lipstick. I didn't see it when I tidied.
CAUGHT. So we sat and talked and cried some. Luckily I had been planning to have the talk at some point so had saved some of the information from this site and links to other helpful sites so had answers for her questions. We both agreed on ground rules and that there is room for change in the future.
All I can say is I am truly one of the lucky ones, and my wife is incredible and probably why I love her more after 6 years of marriage than I ever thought possible.
We are still taking baby steps, and keeping within the ground rules and keeping some perspective and humour about this. Life is truly good.
Happy:
She has given me a lot of her makeup that she doesnt use so much anymore, to which I am really grateful as she only buys the really expensive brands and I probably couldnt afford to stock up with such quality :)
Really HAPPY.
I had mentioned a long while ago (in the summer) about getting my ears pierced, and my wife was all for it, just my silly ego etc that got in the way.
I went out shopping yesterday for her Christmas present (all I can say is some jewellery as she may read this) and saw some nice white gold studs and told her about them, and last night while we were out doing errands I decided to treat us to Starbucks.
Well right next to Starbucks is a Claires and while in the drive thru she said come on lets go get your ears done now. I have to tell the truth I did resist, I really wanted to but kept thinking on what would other people think. By the time we got our coffee I decided that I had the only opinions that counted in the car with me, so in we went.
I now have a small white gold ball in each lobe and a small white gold cubic zirconia stud in the top of my left ear (cartalige) and couldnt be happier.
I'm sure there is lots of other stuff I'm missing to tell, but I have gone on long enough and resolve to post lots more in the future and give something back for all the help I have received from here
Jojo.