Funny Together

My husband and I had the ultimate compliment this week about our marriage. One of our contractors told me, “I love working with you and Eric. You guys are so funny together!” Actually, I think she said that she likes working with Eric but since we’re funny together, I added myself in…you know…because we are funny…together. She then followed with, “I told my husband that we should be more like Sheri and Eric.” I reviewed the moments that lead up to her compliment and can only surmise that she is looking to become more neurotic, but to each their own.

The situation that prompted the compliment was during our work day. Eric and I started working a business together. At some point during each day, we can be found trying to figure out who has misplaced something (typically me) and who is trying to blame the other party (also…typically me). During this instance, Eric was trying to convince me that he had placed our missing paper in a file marked “Waiting for Results” since we were, in fact, waiting for results. I could not locate the file anywhere and was convinced that he had laid that paper down somewhere. Since he had literally been in a two feet radius the entire time, I can’t remember what black hole I thought he had thrown it into, but it made sense at the time. Five minutes later, we found the missing paper…in the file box…with the other files that I had forgotten that I’d put away. Yep…IT WAS MEEEEEE! I apologized and my husband was, as always, very forgiving. Our contractor watched the entire situation play out with a smile on her face.

We’ve now been working together for six weeks and each week brings new lessons and new opportunities for grace with each other. We have learned that an early morning prayer together seems to decrease our anxiety when something doesn’t go as planned. We have also learned that when I just stick to my side, and avoid trying to manage his, papers don’t disappear as often. Unfortunately, I have also come to realize that I am much more comfortable micro-managing my husband than I am anyone else. My co-workers at my full time job would typically call me very calm and patient with people. Apparently, all my neurotic behaviors only come out when I’m with Eric. He’s a good soul and has not required medication yet. I believe he’s checking out some for me though.

It felt good to hear someone say that we seemed to be working well together. I know that I’m typically good at keeping a lid on my anxiety, except obviously when I hide papers from myself, but you never know how others are viewing you. I liked hearing that Eric and I are being viewed as a good team…since we have signed up to hang out together for the years to come. As I have reminded him at various points in our marriage…”You signed the papers. You’re stuck with me now.”

As for me, I can’t think of anyone else I would rather be stuck with.