A New Beginning
Hubby started his new job yesterday. He was initially nervous and showed up an hour early, but it appears that in the end everything turned out really well. It's a new post in a company dealing with a new type of energy (not nuclear, thankfully!), and I'm pretty excited about it too.
The prospects seem endless and things are looking up, I do believe it. The only downside/ upside (I haven't decided...) is that he'll be travelling more. In the near future, Germany and Sabah/ Sarawak trips have already been planned. He will be busy, that is for sure, and I have to maintain my sanity and not impose my needs upon him at this crucial moment.
I havent't totally figured out this wife supporting husband business. Is getting out of the way part of it? It should be, I guess. Sometimes I wish that there's a book about this whole 'supportive wife' movement. Are some people better at it than others? Do wives naturally put themselves in the backseat to allow their husbands to shine? I didn't think that Cherie Blair did that- she's a model of a wife whom I'd like to emulate... she pursued her passion and became a QC in her own right. While being a QC is not exactly my dream, I am where I like to be now and maybe in a few years' time I'd like to work with the UN- UNICEF or UNDP will be ideal. It's possible and very likely to happen, especially with the way the world goes these days.
I prefer to see the husband-wife union as 2 distinct indivuals bringing the best out of each other, instead of one shrinking to allow the other to grow. There's plenty of room in a marriage for both individuals to grow and learn from each other. Another good couple example is Ungku Aziz & Azah Aziz- they're great!
Instead of having one person taking the supportive role, the marriage will work out better if both spouses support each other (imho). Isn't that a less stressful angle to marriage? Any spouse who accuses the other of not being supportive simply should not stay together since the relationship is obviously not working out. So, having said that, let's do it!
The prospects seem endless and things are looking up, I do believe it. The only downside/ upside (I haven't decided...) is that he'll be travelling more. In the near future, Germany and Sabah/ Sarawak trips have already been planned. He will be busy, that is for sure, and I have to maintain my sanity and not impose my needs upon him at this crucial moment.
I havent't totally figured out this wife supporting husband business. Is getting out of the way part of it? It should be, I guess. Sometimes I wish that there's a book about this whole 'supportive wife' movement. Are some people better at it than others? Do wives naturally put themselves in the backseat to allow their husbands to shine? I didn't think that Cherie Blair did that- she's a model of a wife whom I'd like to emulate... she pursued her passion and became a QC in her own right. While being a QC is not exactly my dream, I am where I like to be now and maybe in a few years' time I'd like to work with the UN- UNICEF or UNDP will be ideal. It's possible and very likely to happen, especially with the way the world goes these days.
I prefer to see the husband-wife union as 2 distinct indivuals bringing the best out of each other, instead of one shrinking to allow the other to grow. There's plenty of room in a marriage for both individuals to grow and learn from each other. Another good couple example is Ungku Aziz & Azah Aziz- they're great!
Instead of having one person taking the supportive role, the marriage will work out better if both spouses support each other (imho). Isn't that a less stressful angle to marriage? Any spouse who accuses the other of not being supportive simply should not stay together since the relationship is obviously not working out. So, having said that, let's do it!
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