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Well, I’m still with David. What does “with David” mean? Hmmmm…..
January 31, 2023
Well, I’m still with David. What does “with David” mean? Hmmmm…..
It means I’m trying to figure out who he is, get a better look into his spirit, his character, figure out what it is he wants. I’m trying a lot harder to figure out what he wants than he is, or so it seems most times. I’m often asking pointed questions, digging in, being quite direct, pushing him and pushing him. It’s painful for me and most certainly painful for him. Not quite sure why he’s putting up with it, frankly.
I was telling him, again, how troubling it is to me he struggles with expressing love in words.
“When you’re with someone for a long time, the things you think you can overlook at first, they become the things upon which resentments build and they are no longer things you’re able to overlook. I’m trying to decide if your reluctance to express love is going to be something I can overlook. Because I’m trying, but I’m not doing a good job of overlooking it now.”
“There are more ways to express love than just words,” David replied.
True. True. True. I’m the one that’s always saying love is a CHOICE, love is an ACT, love is a VERB. So why am I so focused on wanting to hear it? Needing to hear it? Well, several…
