Back Again.

We have recently relocated to Washington state.  Steven is beginning an internship with B/E Aerospace, so that's exciting!  The good (for the sake of this blog) news is that there are marital issues arising all over the country, so I'm not short of material....  especially because we are being hosted for 4 months by an old married couple preparing to celebrate their 50th anniversary.  Lots to learn from them, good and bad.

Let's start with intimacy in the bedroom.  We aren't talking about sex, we are talking about the simple act of sleeping.  When you sleep next to your spouse, it creates a closeness and it gives you the opportunity to make the last thing you do before you close your eyes be to kiss them goodnight.  That's intimacy.  But when you sleep in separate rooms...??????  Um hello!  Do you not see a problem here?  This is actually more common than I would have thought.  For one thing, what does this say to your children?  Mommy and Daddy don't sleep in the same room?  That has dysfunction written all over it.

To share a bed mean so much and can even be symbolic.  You're sharing place of comfort, a place of rest, and a place your own.  Apart from the rest of the home where perhaps guests and children have taken over, this is a special room for the two of you.  Take advantage of the right you have to sharing a bed with your spouse.  It's ok.  You're married.  ;)