love dare day 12

Demonstrate love by willingly choosing to give in to an area of disagreement between you and your spouse. Tell them you are putting their preference first.

Questions: What issue did you choose? What did giving in cost you? How will this help you in the future?

Well this was quite a challenge for we don't have that many topics of disagreement, unless we are both tired and then I get into argumental mode. So today was a bit of a challenge for I was looking for a conversation or a current topic that could be used for todays dare.

What I found was the situation regarding where to baptise Noah. I liked the idea of having here, in our town and Jos thought it would be cool to do it in their old home town. I used this situation and worked on discovering how I felt with all this rather than focusing on is this the right topic.

I realised, that even with something as small as this, it's not that easy for me to give in. I really must be focused on creating a better relationship with Jos to just let go of my ideas. However, I have to say that I have been practicing this for a while now. Especially when we get into arguments. I know how demanding it is for me to say I'm sorry and I'm wrong right there and then during the argument and not a couple of hours later. It's funny because I had the opportunity to do so only a couple of days ago... to bad the dare didn't fall on that day, but nevertheless, it was a great exercise and one I choose to keep working at. Because I believe that letting go for the benefit of the relationship is key to a long lasting marriage.

Thanks