Things I Appreciate About Ashley
Ok, I've thought about doing this for awhile now, but I'm so easily distracted by things that don't take thought on the computer that I never get around to it. It always seems that when I do type up a joural entry on here it's after me and Ashley have fought about something and have been going through a bit of a trial time and I need to vent. So, for once I want to write a positive post to try and portray that there is more than that to our relationship. I encourage anyone else to pick up the torch and do this on their journal so I don't feel like so much of a girlie man.
Things I Appreciate About Ashley (BS sold seperately)
*She's smart.
*She's sexy(ier without makeup, but sexy either way).
*Her appearance in my life kept me from the eventuality of doing things I am very sure I would have regretted.
*She makes my favorite food every week (despite hating it, herself) and it is absolute heaven on earth.
*She doesn't get in my way of getting the things she knows are truly important to me, as long as they are in the realm of financial reason.
*She defends me to her mom.
*She defends me to my mom (this is both good and sad).
*She is very good at the things she does;-)
*She loves video games a fraction of what I do (which is still a good few fractions more than most girls I have met).
*She recovers quickly from disagreements that we get in (though I, admittedly, do not).
*She watches art house movies with me.
*She tries her best to do the things that matter (and is always in a state of improving herself).
*She is good at relating to people (which is a nice contrast to my hating them).
*She is a good mother in a time when that is an increasingly hard quality to find.
*She tries to get me to improve myself (even continuously in areas I don't want to--like increasing my wardrobe [one outfit to rule them all!]).
*She puts up with me being a hopeless geek (see above).
*She responds well to my "fairness policies" (most of the time).
Ok, that is enough for now. If I kept thinking I could do that forever, probably. I could also probably come up with a counter list, but it doesn't seem like a productive idea at this time. People don't usually respond well to the things they could improve about themselves and I'm finding that (like with anything) you just have to pick the ones that matter most and hope the rest will come along. Problem is, with a child, sometimes it's hard to even know the ones that matter most. Even though people used to smoke around their children and drink (and smoke and do drugs) when they were pregnant much more than they do today, I still think we live in a harder world to raise a child in than our parents did and their parents did. We both just want what's best for our son, I just wish it weren't increasingly impossible to know what that was. Democrats in November! (like that will solve anything).
Things I Appreciate About Ashley (BS sold seperately)
*She's smart.
*She's sexy(ier without makeup, but sexy either way).
*Her appearance in my life kept me from the eventuality of doing things I am very sure I would have regretted.
*She makes my favorite food every week (despite hating it, herself) and it is absolute heaven on earth.
*She doesn't get in my way of getting the things she knows are truly important to me, as long as they are in the realm of financial reason.
*She defends me to her mom.
*She defends me to my mom (this is both good and sad).
*She is very good at the things she does;-)
*She loves video games a fraction of what I do (which is still a good few fractions more than most girls I have met).
*She recovers quickly from disagreements that we get in (though I, admittedly, do not).
*She watches art house movies with me.
*She tries her best to do the things that matter (and is always in a state of improving herself).
*She is good at relating to people (which is a nice contrast to my hating them).
*She is a good mother in a time when that is an increasingly hard quality to find.
*She tries to get me to improve myself (even continuously in areas I don't want to--like increasing my wardrobe [one outfit to rule them all!]).
*She puts up with me being a hopeless geek (see above).
*She responds well to my "fairness policies" (most of the time).
Ok, that is enough for now. If I kept thinking I could do that forever, probably. I could also probably come up with a counter list, but it doesn't seem like a productive idea at this time. People don't usually respond well to the things they could improve about themselves and I'm finding that (like with anything) you just have to pick the ones that matter most and hope the rest will come along. Problem is, with a child, sometimes it's hard to even know the ones that matter most. Even though people used to smoke around their children and drink (and smoke and do drugs) when they were pregnant much more than they do today, I still think we live in a harder world to raise a child in than our parents did and their parents did. We both just want what's best for our son, I just wish it weren't increasingly impossible to know what that was. Democrats in November! (like that will solve anything).