Game Is the Chocolate Croissant of Relationships

English: A Pain au chocolat from a Belgian Bakery. Français : Petit pain au chocolat en Belgique (Hamois). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

My husband is a natural gamer; he is king of negs*, he leaves animal butts on my ipad screen whenever I leave it unattended, he teases everyone he knows because it’s fun.  He constantly spanks me or grabs my boobs whenever I get near and he always has a funny comment to share.  Life with him is exciting, it is like eating a flaky soft  melty chocolate croissant and it makes me want more, it is very attractive.

Me on the other hand; I am not a gamer at all.  I exercise, take a shower and put my paint clothes on with no make-up and wet hair, sometimes I pull it back into a bun.  Then I tackle the day and try to get as much done as possible.   I run past the snack isle at Aldi’s without looking up so I can fill my grocery cart with celery and chicken instead of sweets.  I throw out cookies as soon as the guests leave and I turn the tv off and confiscate the gadgets so my kids will spend their time developing their minds.  Life with me is productive, it is like eating a spinach salad with broiled chicken and tomatoes, it is very healthy.

Spinach makes you strong, it’s healthy, it’s good for you.  We should eat healthy food if we want to thrive.  Relationships need truth filled words if they are to last.  The center of relationships should be healthy and strong, full of giving and being kind to each other, but God knew we were complicated and He didn’t create a world of spinach and broiled chicken, He gives us wonderful things like chocolate croissants, butter, pancake syrup and birthday cakes and just because they’re not healthy for you doesn’t mean we don’t need them just as much to really live.

If your spouse is only giving you croissants to eat it might explain why you’re a relational mess, you might need to find another source of sustenance if you ever want to grow strong and healthy again, don’t be a slave to the neg.  Be patient and encourage them, but you are responsible for fulfilling your needs, not your spouse.  If you are only feeding your spouse spinach, it might explain why they are rolling their eyes at your attempts and looking elsewhere for fun.  We need both; God created a world full of pleasures and delights and healthy good strength-growing things.

So yeah, I’m gaming my husband and he’s loving it (although I’m in my paint clothes at this moment) and he’s giving me a slow drip of spinach (amazing job with Valentine’s Day, my hot Viking Warrior);  I”m learning things like seduction, how looking pretty matters, how important lingerie is and how he doesn’t want to fix our marriage problems and talk about the budget every evening; and he’s growing too, he’s learning how to be gentle with me, he emails me things he loves about me, and he spends his time improving our home and playing with the kids.  It’s not very natural for either of us but that’s okay because we are patient with each other, we give each other grace and just the effort of trying is enough sometimes.

*neg: a teasing put-down that for some reason women find irresistable in men

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