My husband is a genius.
In times of trouble and strife,
he is always there to pick me up.
Well after twenty years together you would hope so.
Take this morning for example.
I woke early with my eldest daughter who fled the nest yesterday,
weighing heavily on my mind.
No moping in bed for me.
Today I was going to be strong.
No more tears.
Then I went downstairs and saw her open bedroom door,
her empty room,
the smell of her perfume.
For a moment my resolve weakened but I rallied.
I could do this.
Into the kitchen I went,
to my loving caring partner of many years.
How well he knows me.
As he held me in a lovely good morning hug.
I felt myself beginning to crumble.
Tears began to sting my eyes.
And then he turns to me,
and says….
“I was looking around our bedroom and thinking,
if you put your own clothes away the kids might learn to do the same!”.
Needless to say the red mists descended,
and I forgot all about our missing daughter.
….Maybe he does know me well after all,
or maybe men do not improve with age?
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My thoughts on a page. 
What?! It was a distraction, yes; but when you need compassion…darn guys. Sending a hug, in case you still need one.
Thank you so much. I will definitely still take the hugs. I have just shown him the post and he burst out laughing!
Hope you show him the comments too! Smiles.
Oh yes definitely.
Okay – this made me laugh RIGHT OUT LOUD!!! So funny!!! Husbands. Gotta love them.
When he read it this evening he burst out laughing and then he said, “oh that explains this morning!”. Your right gotta love them.
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no doubt about it – that man is a fecken genius
didn’t you immediately stop moping around the house, thinking of your ‘missing’ daughter ?
I’m telling you, he should get a job working with the Samaritans – he’s a natural for it! 😉
Read on! He read this tonight and laughed so loudly. Then he said.. “so that explains this morning!”. Maybe not such a genius after all!
We always know what we’re doing, even when we don’t.
Lol. Of course you do!
I am still working on how to train mine in this area. Maybe a genius needs a special kind of training. HA. Always inspiring. -Much love-
Thank you. I’m afraid I’ve surrendered at this stage.
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Lol! You two are meant for each other 🙂
Thank you. 🙂
I just laughed so hard that I did that childhood glass of milk thing and rinsed my nostrils with (luckily tepid) coffee. I think our men must have trained in the same place….
Ha ha. Glad to share!!!
How to go from sadness to anger in 0.01 seconds!
Yes those tears did not burn for long! You should have seen him the following morning, it was priceless, he was very careful to assess my mood. We had a great laugh about it. Thanks for the comment as always I love to hear from you.