Anti-Frustration Kit
This afternoon I felt frustrated. I guess it's a number of things that just built up over the course of the past few days and I felt like throwing my hands up!
I was vacuuming and instead of gently removing the cord from the plug, I sort of whipped it out from afar, quite spirited, and proceeded to then say "shit" because the plug flew out of the wall along with most of the outlet and the screws flew out of the wall (oops!)... And I did this little immature kick thing -- I kicked the vacuum -- not hard just sort of like a kid would do. Then I stood there and noticed that my husband saw the whole thing and I felt soooo embarrassed and dumb so I put the vacuum away and with my tail between my legs I mumbled "sorry" and went and closed myself in the living room, put on some candles and music (remember, it is my therapy!), and then I started to work and zoned out while I did some invoicing.
My husband fixed the outlet and all is well... And my mood passed... But my husband went out to the ATM and came home with an "Anti-Frustration Kit". How cute is he? He bought me a kinder egg (Chocolate egg with a toy inside), a flower bouquet that looks like straw, wood, and such (very natural and nice for the wintergarten he says)... And my favorite yogurt for breakfast in the morning and a Starbucks coffee. What a cute, sweet, amazing husband to do this to his wife when she acted like a little kid... I'm so thankful to have him and his sweet anti-frustration kit. Things like this keep our marriage very strong and definitely makes the frustration disappear, for sure!
Does your husband or partner ever do sweet things when you're in a funky mood? What does he/she do?
(images: holly becker for haus maus)
I was vacuuming and instead of gently removing the cord from the plug, I sort of whipped it out from afar, quite spirited, and proceeded to then say "shit" because the plug flew out of the wall along with most of the outlet and the screws flew out of the wall (oops!)... And I did this little immature kick thing -- I kicked the vacuum -- not hard just sort of like a kid would do. Then I stood there and noticed that my husband saw the whole thing and I felt soooo embarrassed and dumb so I put the vacuum away and with my tail between my legs I mumbled "sorry" and went and closed myself in the living room, put on some candles and music (remember, it is my therapy!), and then I started to work and zoned out while I did some invoicing.
My husband fixed the outlet and all is well... And my mood passed... But my husband went out to the ATM and came home with an "Anti-Frustration Kit". How cute is he? He bought me a kinder egg (Chocolate egg with a toy inside), a flower bouquet that looks like straw, wood, and such (very natural and nice for the wintergarten he says)... And my favorite yogurt for breakfast in the morning and a Starbucks coffee. What a cute, sweet, amazing husband to do this to his wife when she acted like a little kid... I'm so thankful to have him and his sweet anti-frustration kit. Things like this keep our marriage very strong and definitely makes the frustration disappear, for sure!
Does your husband or partner ever do sweet things when you're in a funky mood? What does he/she do?
(images: holly becker for haus maus)
Comments
and a kinder egg is possibly the simplest bit of joy in the world.
happy for you to have such a wonderful person in your life.
Yay for sweet husbands, we are truly lucky! :)
I'm single...so living vicariously here. :-)
When I am acting silly like that and my husband is around, most of the time he starts smiling and then laughs at me. It usually works and I end up laughing too :))
Most important is that frustration disappears... and love grows!
Your posts always come in the right time :)
But my husband sent me hugs over the chat and said he'd come home for lunch and fix it for me. He's so sweet.
Thank you Holly, I feel much better now :)
Thanks everyone for sharing what your lovely man does. I think The Man does a combination of several things mentioned, sometimes flowers, sometimes acting like a goofball, sometimes a good date or just a simple hug & kiss on the forehead.
I think guys get a pretty bad wrap by women a lot of the time. They definitely deserve more understanding and appreciation. They're quite fab when we allow them to be - and we're kind and lovely in return.
Thanks for sharing Holly! Gives us a moment to laugh at ourselves & appreciate the people who love us.
All things nice...
Laura in Ludwigsburg