Expectations

Before getting married, what’d you picture your marriage to be like? Hopefully not like out of a fairytale. You’re a new unique family building a new lifestyle. Along with your clothes and miscellaneous items, you both brought expectations to your marriage. Expectations about E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. From who’s gonna kill the spiders to who’s in charge of cooking or finances.
Our spouse may have envisioned eating candle lit dinners every night and the both of you sharing your thoughts and feelings every night. Or maybe they envisioned getting showered with gifts and love letters daily, or flowers every week.
All the while the other spouse may have envisioned coming home after a long day and just doing nothing but watching Netflix and eating dinner on the couch. Maybe they envisioned playin sports after dinner with their friends. How they envisioned showing love is keeping the yard or cars cleaned. Maybe just spending time together will be enough so they won’t have to buy gifts.
Whatever your expectations are, or were, it’s s great idea to talk about them. It’s never too late to talk about your daily routines and who’s doing which chore. Maybe even talk about the future traditions you have that you want to continue or even start. Talk about anything and everything. No matter how big or small. At least you’ll be on the same page.