I was 18, a new bride, full of myself, idealistic, and trying my best to be the perfect “Susie Homemaker.”

One morning, shortly after returning from our honeymoon, we had a doozy of an argument, the subject of which has long since been forgotten. Whatever it was, I felt I was right, he was wrong. The argument dragged on until in utter frustration, I blurted out, “I’m going to call my mother, and I’m going to tell her I want to go back home!”

Truth be told, I had no intention whatsoever of doing that. All I wanted was to get his attention, for him to see it my way and apologize. I wanted to win this one.

With Greg calmly looking on (this annoyed me even more), I picked up the phone and pretended to dial the number.

“Hello Mommy,” I said to no one, “I want to come home.

You will notice this is a blog for women. Men…you should read this one. This is written by Cathe Laurie (Cathe’s Notes) and is a great post all of us should read. As you read this you will be saying been there, done that. This is a great read.

You can read the entire post at http://www.harvest.org/virtue/cathes-notes.html?p=6779&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Virtue&utm_source=E122VR01