Love Dare Day Five

Ahhhh day 5 down 35 to go. Time is moving fast and slow at the same time. I feel as though I have been awake long enough to be on Day 12 but that is ok. Today was hard for me and it was hard for Reid to answer the questions I had to ask him, which is a good thing.

Today the dare asked me to find out 3 things that irritate Reid that I do. When I asked him he gave me a strange look and then said, "the cleaning situation." In our home that means Reid hates that I am messy. I know that and have known it for some time. It did not bother me to hear this statement, I like clutter. To improve in this area I will put my clutter into neater piles and magically stop grass and dust from venturing into the living room.

The second thing Reid says is that I gripe at him. What wife never "nags" a spouse to do anything. I recently red an article about a mother and teenage daughter who communicated about things that needed to be done via dry erase board. Maybe I will try that although I doubt that Reid will feel satisfaction from erasing things from a to do list that I create for him. I think he just said that because I mentioned the Christmas lights that are still hanging from the roof.

Reid insisted he could not think of a third thing until I mentioned he hates it when I use sarcasm with him. I am not sure how I can improve this because that is just my nature. But for Reid and his irritation level I am going to try to tone it down a bit.

The Love Dare recommends 3 things each of us can do in our relationships when it comes to etiquette they are:

1. Guard the Golden Rule "Treat others how you want to be treated."
2. No double standards-- be considerate of everyone you interact with.
3. Honor requests-- consider what your mate has already asked you to do or not to do. When in doubt get clarification.