When I was little, I wanted to be the perfect wife for my husband. I wanted to be a prized wife and a source of pride for my better-half. That my husband and I would work together on a common goal, was my ideal picture of a married life. My husband and I would achieve great feats together, go through adventures together, learn and grow old together. This picture was enough to excite me to get married.
Then, I grew up and learned that each person has a career path in life which makes him satisfied. Today, couples pursue different individual career paths in life. This however, means that I would have to live a totally different life detached from my husband (if I would opt for this ideal). This too is ideal. But I don’t want it.
I want to talk, plan, work, go on adventures, learn, and grow old with my husband. The only occupation for a husband that would need my full assistance (at least apparently these days) is that of a pastor. I would need to be a pastor’s wife to play my “ideal wife’s” role. But I have seen how pastors live. Theirs is a very hard life of selfless serving. It’s not that ideal all along…
But I still want to talk, plan, work, go on adventures, learn, and grow old with my husband. I still want to be the best wife he would ever have.
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Abigail
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