My relationship

Day 11.

Whoa, this topic could be an entire book on it's own.  And some pretty heavy reading.  Also, fairly comical.  And not an epic love story, which is okay.

I have been in my current relationship almost all of my adult life.  Being in a relationship with my spouse is pretty much all I know about life as a grown up.  Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's awful, frequently it's boring, but mostly, it's just life.  We have been married nearly 27 years, and dated 3 years before that.

Relationships are wonderful, and hard.  They are worth working for, but often not worth saving.  What defines mine...marriage, children, family, partnership, is not what needs to define yours or anyone elses.

My relationship is complex, yet simple.  I could write volumes, but really also write nothing at all.  It is textbook.  We are married. We have 2 kids.  We work, we do chores, we raise children, we have a little fun.  There is nothing remarkable or  noteworthy and yet the relationship continues to be its own changing thing.  I could discuss some of the details that make this relationship unique, but I don't want to air my laundry (clean or dirty) on the internet and I'm positive my husband wouldn't like me to either.