I think their needs to be a more definitive means of saying you will trust one another when you say your marriage vows. In the many examples I have read, and even recalling my own vows, it is more of an implied statement.
I decided to play a little joke on my wife the other morning. You see, our Golden Retriever has developed halitosis. Its not that repulsive, but it is not the pleasant dog breath that most of my previous pets have had. Granted, when you give dogs biscuits it helps out their dental hygiene. In my case its not that simple. Our poor dog has a sensitive stomach and bad things happen when you give her a biscuit, regardless of brand.
My wife found dog toothpaste, complete with a toothbrush the other day. I guess my complaining oufile://localhost/Users/JamesWilliams/Desktop/toothbrush2.jpgt loud about old “I have no idea what you ate or have been chewing on but don’t breath around me” hit home and she bought it. Truth be told, it was more than likely bothering her as well. She had the fun in brushing the dogs teeth. She (the dog) actually handled it quite well and seemed to enjoy it much like a spa treatment.
The next morning as I was getting ready for work, I noticed the dogs toothbrush sitting on our bathroom sink. The seed was planted and I was going to sow it. When my wife got out of the shower, I stood there with the dogs toothbrush in hand. I told her, “Thanks darlin for getting me a new toothbrush, I really needed a new one!”
I did not get the reaction I expected.
Instead of the look of horror and/or disgust, my wife stood there with a blank look on her face. I simply thought maybe she was not awake yet and emphasized that the brush worked really good and got all those hard to reach places. Again, the blank look. Realizing that she was on to my ruse, I asked her if she planned on telling me that it was our dogs toothbrush. She said no.
I thought she was to care for me in sickness and in health, for better or worse. I thought this implied trust. Either that or she was wise to my joke or had the view that what I don’t know won’t hurt me. Now I regret using that brush with the soft side and the other side has steel bristles. Maybe thats the dogs brush too.
I decided to play a little joke on my wife the other morning. You see, our Golden Retriever has developed halitosis. Its not that repulsive, but it is not the pleasant dog breath that most of my previous pets have had. Granted, when you give dogs biscuits it helps out their dental hygiene. In my case its not that simple. Our poor dog has a sensitive stomach and bad things happen when you give her a biscuit, regardless of brand.
My wife found dog toothpaste, complete with a toothbrush the other day. I guess my complaining oufile://localhost/Users/JamesWilliams/Desktop/toothbrush2.jpgt loud about old “I have no idea what you ate or have been chewing on but don’t breath around me” hit home and she bought it. Truth be told, it was more than likely bothering her as well. She had the fun in brushing the dogs teeth. She (the dog) actually handled it quite well and seemed to enjoy it much like a spa treatment.
The next morning as I was getting ready for work, I noticed the dogs toothbrush sitting on our bathroom sink. The seed was planted and I was going to sow it. When my wife got out of the shower, I stood there with the dogs toothbrush in hand. I told her, “Thanks darlin for getting me a new toothbrush, I really needed a new one!”
I did not get the reaction I expected.
Instead of the look of horror and/or disgust, my wife stood there with a blank look on her face. I simply thought maybe she was not awake yet and emphasized that the brush worked really good and got all those hard to reach places. Again, the blank look. Realizing that she was on to my ruse, I asked her if she planned on telling me that it was our dogs toothbrush. She said no.
I thought she was to care for me in sickness and in health, for better or worse. I thought this implied trust. Either that or she was wise to my joke or had the view that what I don’t know won’t hurt me. Now I regret using that brush with the soft side and the other side has steel bristles. Maybe thats the dogs brush too.