Today while talking with some moms (while our little fairies fluttered around together like three year olds) I was pleased to discover one of those universal truths. This one wasn’t so much a positive one as it was a ‘misery loves company’ version of a truth. You can tell your husband something ten thousand times but until he ‘experiences’ it it’s just not all that significant.

It doesn’t matter if your telling Mr. Man, “We need a double stroller” or “Our laptop sucks” or “Our pantry is infested with pantry moths” until the moment he gets hit in the face with the issue it will remain on the back burner. Behind the things he deems most important. Things that are tangible and real to him because he’s dealt with them first hand.  read more »