Romancing the Spouse

Morning!

Well!  I’m back in one piece from my truly enjoyable 15th year wedding anniversary with me husband.  It was truly something quite superb!

First off, we drove to Newport, Rhode Island; we had always heard of the wonderful teeny tiny knick-nack shops that held items so engaging, it simply made one desire that money grew on trees ($37 for a tank top simply does NOT flap my earlobes in a positive fashion!!). 

But I digress.  🙂

This was the first time in 2 years that my husband and I had special "alone time" sans the rest of the family, and words really do fail me as to how lucky I am!  15 years ago tomorrow, we said our vows to one another and haven’t looked back since.  True, we’ve had our ups and downs and even sideways….but the main themes that run throughout our marriage are intense love, deep respect and a profound appreciation of one another.

While we were in Newport, we enjoyed the sites and broadened the diversity understanding of Newport’s children; we were the only interracial couple there (Asian/Caucasian) and bunches of kids just stared at my husband while we were enjoying our ice cream.  It was actually quite amusing; we hail from Bell Labs/ATT/the land where white males are a minority, and to be stared at for our ethnic differences was quite unique.   I personally wanted to whisper to the parents that yes, what they say about "the Oriental Mystic" is really true, but my husband nixed that.  🙂

When the afternoon rolled about, we had two options – spend $200 or so for an evening at a local hotel, or put that money towards 1/2 tank of gas.   🙂   Seriously though, we’re frugal folk at heart, and so drove down to Mystic Connecticut where we discovered a Best Western that was soooo relaxing……we ended up falling asleep at 7pm and woke up 6:30am this morning.

True romance – that’s us!  🙂

All in all, we spent our driving and alone time discussing the past 15 years, where we are now, where we want to be, how we can raise our kids to embrace their full potential and the like.  It’s something we should certainly do much more often…romancing the spouse is something that provides memories for years to come.

Enjoy,

Barbara

ps – speaking about romance: