I Can’t Stand This…

I don’t know how many of you have seen this commercial for a cell phone. It’s an older couple and the wife is telling the husband how she got a great deal on a cell phone and the husband is just RUDE to her and says, “Great, another contract. You know how I hate commitment.” And she says, “we’ve been married for 40 years.” And he says, “38 years, and what if I want some variety?” She tells him how she got a low rate and he says, “I love you. But, this time I mean it!”

I don’t know why, but that commercial just makes me SO ANGRY and UPSET! Maybe it’s b/c I’m divorced and am just sensitive about stuff like that, but it just makes me so sad to see that they have been married for 40 years and that he would say something like that to her! Now I know that this is just a commercial, but I also know there are real couples in the world that talk to each other like that. In this world where things are already so hard, having an insensitive and unsupportive and demeaning husband would be so hard. I NEVER want to be like that to my future husband…whether it’s 40 days or 40 years into my marriage. I want to talk kindly to whoever I marry. I want to be respectful. I want to love that person more every day, not resent them and say such harsh things. I will NOT have a marriage like that!

Those of you out there that are married, I hope you appreciate your spouse and that you take the chance to tell them how thankful you are to have them in your life. I know when I was happily married I took it for granted, and now I miss that true happiness and joy that only a good marriage can bring. So don't take the good things in life for granted!

Am I just being overly sensitive or does that bother anyone else?