Me:  Baby, I really have enjoyed pretty much doing whatever I want to for the last 29 years.  I might miss that.  A little.

R:  Really?

Me:  Yeah.   I’m just sayin.

R:  Thanks for being honest about that, baby.  [Loving and Humble, party of one, please.]

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The other day, I invited my girlfriend E to lunch spur of the moment with some friends and she said she needed to check with her husband first.  I sorta cringed.  Not gonna lie.  But she quickly said it was because they were on a budget and she wanted to see if she could splurge a little by eating out with us for the first time in a while.

Then it hit me.

My friend E is already learning how to be one with her husband–in this case, of one mind about their finances.  She didn’t want to make a snap decision to use their money outside the boundaries that they’d set up.  And his response was–I imagine–loving.  And flexible.  Because she came to lunch with us.  And we enjoyed her company.

What a great example.