Hi Deanna Ogle

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"We function best when my anxiety is at bay and we just exist together. As best friends. The way we were created to be."

Ray, I totally know what you mean. Life is most peaceful in my house when we are coexisting the way my husband and I were designed. I've found that a lot of stress in my friends' relationships come from unreasonable expectations put on the other. I'm not perfect by any means, but I promised myself early on not to be a nagging woman to my husband, and to not be the kind of girl to trash talk him behind his back. And part of that promise is what I talked about.

There's nothing wrong with helping each other become better people, but when we expect our spouses to behave like they came straight out of movies, we run into trouble.