Comments on: Do Husbands Take the Backseat in Modern Marriage? | Jenny From the Blog

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:57:24 +0000

My wife make more than me, so I feel it is my duty to treat her as the breadwinner and do more than 50% of the housework and sometimes have dinner on the table when she comes home.

By: Zoe Murphy

Zoe Murphy — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:25:17 +0000

married life is the happiest part of a persons life if the wife and husband really love each other;;’

By: MamaMarlaine

MamaMarlaine — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:38:57 +0000

Love the honesty of this post Jenny. Harder than doing it all as two parents is having your spouse leave you for someone who is willing to treat them lovingly and doing it all as one. Took me seven years and a separation to figure out that out. Fortunately, I decided if I wanted more good in my life, I needed to start serving compliments instead of criticisms. That was the day marriage and life as I knew it changed. My husband and I celebrate our 25th anniversary this year and we are genuinely more in love than the day we married. Busy though we can both be, never a week passes that we don’t prioritize a really romantic date night. Yes we still have F’ U” exchanges on ocassion but….they are always brief, like a good tropical rain. Sun and laughter return much quicker when we move forward in forgiveness and commit to small kindesses like cups of coffee delivered with a hug. HUGS!!!

By: michele

michele — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:19:13 +0000

we are of the same cloth jenny only, my husband doesn’t drink coffee, so I’m off the hook there!

By: Candace

Candace — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:06:40 +0000

You couldnt be more on the money with this. Awesome. And comforting to have someone put the unsaid in words, and make it look better for some of us that got the coffee!

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By: Gabriel Walker

Gabriel Walker — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:51:27 +0000

i just thought that married life is the happiest point of my life.”‘`

By: Fran Verdun

Fran Verdun — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:42:42 +0000

Had some difficulty viewing the site in Firefox on Linux, but I still loved the post.

By: JCinDenver

JCinDenver — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:32:26 +0000

Ok, so I wonder, how ’bout the single gals who have devoted years to a man (and they to us); who go get it and pay for it? I would really love to know what some of the “married’s” would say if they were still really good lovers and g-friends with their “boyfriends,” sounds ridiculous, I know… I was that wife once (in a past life), now, I’m that “co-equal” rggf (really good girlfriend)… hard to find what feels like a good and equitable balance. Any thoughts? Gretch– I love and miss you girl!

By: rachy

rachy — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:43:17 +0000

i think you deserve some credit for going out of you way on Father’s Day, as your hubby isn’t your father, after all! (that’s the rule in our family…mother’s day is for your mother and father’s day for your father; we cut out the “father of our children” requirement.)

i also think you owe it to yourself for some guiltless “me” time in those busy years when there are few precious minutes when your services are not demanded by hubby, the kids, the pets, the house, the bills, the cars, etc.

but, we’re looking to the first “semi-empty nest” year with both boys away this fall. yes, i cried when my baby graduated from high school, but think of it….trips to nyc….taking our time at the museums, strolling in central park, lingering over dinner in the restaurant. sounds great to me!

By: Rachael

Rachael — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:22:11 +0000

I’m thinking I was the “other” wife getting coffee. Love this post!!
But I have to ask, what kind of prize does mark get for bringing you Starbucks every Saturday and Sunday? Just wondering if our Baristas think to themseleves,”here is that one husband who brings his wife a coffee every weekend day…what a wondrful man”. Just sayin!!!

By: Jessica Smith

Jessica Smith — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:38:35 +0000

Well, don’t I feel like a putz now since my husband bought me a car on Father’s Day. (no, for real, he did).

BUT…my son and I did perform a song for him (son was playing harmonica & wearing superhero cape, I played drums) AND we took him to a Taqueria for big as your head plates of carnitas to celebrate.

I totally get what you mean by the “Selfish” or “Indifferent” Stage…and now I don’t feel so bad about it since clearly my husband and I aren’t the only ones!

Love you. Love your blog. Let’s catch up soon!