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Friends, I should have mentioned this earlier in this series of articles, but I am not a licensed counselor, relationship advisor, or anything other than a man with a plan. I am simply sharing with you the things I have been doing to hopefully enhance my relationship with my wife. That being said, I am not having any major marital issues. This is just a self-help journey that I have put myself on and if some of what I have written has helped you in any way, that’s fantastic. I am not trying to get anyone to change their ways, and in fact this series should have been titled “Being A Better Boyfriend for MY Wife”, but I digress. Here is what I have been up to lately.
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Last week I accompanied my oldest daughter to San Antonio for surgery, and on the way home on I-10, we passed the Hackberry Street exit. Hackberry Street is where my maternal grandparents lived when I was very young. That of course prompted remembrances significant to none other than me, but I bet there are people out there who remember that once upon a time you could lay on the grass in your grandmother’s front yard in the heart of San Antonio and actually see the stars.
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Being as my old friend, a 2001 Dodge P/U, passed away not too long ago, I now find myself in the market for a replacement. I have often found the process of searching for a new car kind of fun. Let me clarify though, that by “new car” I mean a gently used car that is new to me. I generally leave the “new” new cars to someone else. From what I’ve read, when you drive that new car off the dealer’s lot, it immediately loses 99% of its value, so....
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The first time I went into our Navasota Post Office nearly 12 years ago, there was a pleasant, familiar feeling about it. I love our post office, but aside from Frank’s friendly banter, I wasn’t quite sure why. Then it hit me - it reminded me of trips to the Houston Heights Post Office with my mother when I was a child. So, here I go again, waxing nostalgic!
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Dear readers, if you are just tuning in, this is the latest installment of my 90-day journey into the unknown realms of my relationship with my wife. In doing so, I have taken it upon myself to step back and to more or less play the role of her boyfriend instead of her husband. So here is what I have been doing lately.
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Well, today’s my birthday and you know what that means – retrospection time. Twenty years ago, I couldn’t imagine being 20 years older. I didn’t like thinking about it either because I was a morbidly obese, hypertensive diabetic, and discussions about life expectancy made me a little uncomfortable.
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Strictly for entertainment value, I find a quick review of the latest conspiracy theories can be a great source for a chuckle. I don’t like to say these ideas are “crazy” per se. Perhaps another term like “nutty as a fruitcake” or “screwball” better describes them. The following theories came to me from a relative of mine. Sadly, I’m not kidding (i.e., you can’t choose your relatives):
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Readers, as you may recall, I am on a 90-day journey into the unknown by assuming the role of my wife’s boyfriend instead of her husband. That being said, here is what I have been up to lately.
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