In really "fun" relationships, the other person will often share their observations... usually with a little derision. And those observations stick with you. If you're really lucky, you'll hear those voices long after you no longer share space with that person. (Yes, that *was* sarcasm....)
Sometimes, even, these things end up being buttons. Things that gnaw at your self esteem, things that are buttons that others might inadvertently trip over, things that create secretive behavior.
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And this is the fun awkward point of the blog entry. The point of the post where I know that if I don't admit it here that later I'm sure I'll be asked as to what prompted the post. Well.. uh... there is a bag of cookies sitting beside me. A half empty bag of cookies. And well, to admit, that last week I actually put an empty bag of cookies back into the cupboard to make it seem as if I took an extra day to finish them off.
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It is funny, though, how those other voices stay in your head. So that when your significant other comes home and asks, "__________" you suddenly hear a completely different question. Suddenly that question is loaded. And you find yourself already being defensive about a question that hasn't even been asked.
It is important and yet impossible when you start a new relationship to leave the baggage at the door. To give the person that you are with an opportunity to just be themselves. To see them for them, and not for all the other people who might have come before them. To enjoy the moment. To not read more into "________" than a polite enquiry by someone who cares about you.
And as I secretively nosh on a few more cookies before she comes home, I know that the voices I hear chastising me for eating so much sugar aren't hers. They are the voices of others.
Well just stay out of my cookies and there won't be any problems.:)
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Deletethat's why Mike and I get separate snacks .... so I can eat all mine in a day, and he can still have some 2 days later to share with me!!
ReplyDeleteI love those chocolate orange things that show up at Christmas time. If fact. that's what some people get me for Christmas. I store them in the freezer and try to make them last through the year. At any given point, there's usually a partly empty wrapper in the freezer that looks like it still is full. At the rate I'm burning through them, they won't last to the end of April.
ReplyDeleteWe've just gone the separate snacks route. It helps that we like different things, though. I'm more into salty than sweet, except for fruit. I'll get a flat of peaches when they're in season, and have them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. :P
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