The Better Half

On October 20th Thinking In 3D will turn a year old.  When I decided to write a blog I had to think of where my material would come from.  Would it be news, would it be politics, pop culture, sports etc....  I decided to write about everything, like most bloggers do.  I have no hidden agenda and I will call it like I see it.  To be honest, it's not as easy as people think, however, one of my main inspirations for me to keep up with this long is, not to sound corny, my wife.

There have complete blogs that I have written that have been most my wife's idea. Last week, while we were in the car she said to me.  "Thanks for writing my ideas".  I looked at her with a quizzical look as if she was being accusatory.  She calmed my look by saying "I could never arrange my thoughts and put them together in an entertaining article like you do.  So I thank you"  She truly was thanking me.

My wife and I talk to each other a lot about everything, not just things around the house or how to raise our children.  We are not completely aligned politically, which makes some of our conversations interesting.  We are definitely aligned fiscally and we are both in tune with our core family values.  We have seen the great in people, and we have seen the worst in people.  We always have conversations about it. 

This is just a snippet of our exchanges.  This actually happened Friday night when deciding what Chinese Take-Out to order

Me: What do want to do about Lo Mein?

Wife: Well, you like beef and I like chicken, so we'll order pork?

My wife is extremely bright, and some would say she is much smarter than I am, which in most cases I concede to.  When I write these blog articles, or when I was writing papers for my college course, she reads them first.  Partly for spelling and grammar, but mostly for flow and substance.  She is the best copy editor you can find, and she has no issue telling me I am wrong, off base or to even shut up.  Ironically enough it was her asking a friend of mine when we first met if I ever stopped talking which endeared me to her.

I have always been a proponent of hearing both sides of the argument before you form an opinion, my wife has the same credo.  That’s why we have both tuned out the presidential elections until the debates, because the pundits don't adhere to that form of thinking.  That is why my wife and I work so well together, we know how to reel each other back in, and it definitely helps me when I go to write my blogs.  I am entering it with more than one perspective so I don't sound like Rush Limbaugh or Rachel Maddow.  

Everyone makes sense in their own way, you just have to find that sense and understand it.  If you don't believe me, just ask my wife.

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If you don't take it from me, ask my wife.