I think teaching on Sunday may be bad for my marriage and role as mother.
Today's lesson was about "Participating in the Cultural Arts".
It only succeeded in convincing me that I live with a bunch of Neanderthals, lead by the king of uninterested-in-all-things-artsy, Sir Sexy Guy.
As I was making Lasagna (when truthfully I should be in bed suffocating in a Vick's body wrap), they all played Fifa and grunted when they couldn't get their "player transfers" approved.
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• Go to the library and select a classic work of literature to read alone or with a friend.
• Read aloud with your family.
• Read a favorite poem or share a piece of music with your family and tell why you like it.
• Write a poem yourself or lyrics for a piece of music.
• Write a dramatization of a scriptural story for your class or family.
• Look through your music and books and eliminate those that are not uplifting.
• Begin or add to your collection of quality music or books.
• Frame some beautiful artwork for your room.
• Try sketching, lettering, drawing, or some other form of art.
• Study a play, piece of music, or opera before attending a performance.
• Be selective about television viewing and watch for educational and cultural programs."
*taken from lesson 45 of the YW Manual.
They looked at me as if I was speaking Latin-- which of course would be unappealing to them as it doesn't have penalties or free kicks involved.
Eternity is looking like a very long time right now, so I need some convincing. Confessions.
Do you and your spouse have a lot in common? Or are you alone in your interests/culture/education?
Is this just a midlife crises, this desire to have someone who knows that Monet and Manet are two different beings and not just a mispelling?
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| Edouard Manet "Un Bar Aux Folies Bergeres" |
Look at her face... do you think she's pondering the same questions?
Is it possible this disheartening feeling is curable with more Nyquil and some sleep?
It is not curable.
ReplyDeleteYou can only stifle the symptoms! LOL
I go through this daily.
I want to instill a love of literature, etc. and my DH turns everything into a circus.
You are not alone. It's not soccer here, but my hubby and two sons are all glued to the Cleveland Browns football game here. My suggestions for other activities generally fall on deaf ears. I sometimes wonder and try to remember what my hubby and I found in common back when we were first dating. Must have been something!! Here's hoping it's temporary for you, but sorry I'm not much help in convincing. Hugs to you. :\
ReplyDeleteI, for one, think that it's good that you have different interests. I think it would be really boring if you both liked the same things all the time - there would be no discussion about why YOUR opinion was far superior, how HIS ideas are all wrong - where's the fun in that?
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I have some things in common, but taste in movies is usually not at all the same. And he likes anime, of all things.
Even if I like something he suggests, I pick out something I don't like, just to keep the witty dialogue going.
He thinks it's funny - if I can get him to laugh, I win.
Nyquil and sleep can go a long, long way. :)
ReplyDeleteWe have some things in common, but many, many more not.
He would have no clue, nor any desire to know Monet/Manet. *sigh*
And yes, I think women throughout time have pondered that same question.
ReplyDeleteHey lady!
ReplyDeleteI have a lot in common with my husband...we've been best friends for 10 years. Hence...it seemed natural to get married :) We love just about the same things, of course with the exception of poker...
We know the difference between Monet and Manet :) And we both love culture...maybe if you don't have that commonality with your husband, you can always find it in a best friend...or try to suggest more one on one time with him and schedule time to do things you like to do and he likes to do :)
Sounds like you need the Nyquil for sure. Lucky for me...my husband loves the arts and discussions happen regularly. And we also enjoy sports and walks as well. Kind of diverse we are.
ReplyDeleteYou are not having a midlife crisis...you are experiencing severe cultural differences and somehow this needs to be remedied. I would feel alone too.
I hope you can persuade him to become more involved in the arts even if just to appease you.
Some kind of compromise maybe?
Good luck
Hugs
SueAnn
You are not alone. My hubby and I don't have much in common (hobby-wise). But we make do!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to my world. gah
ReplyDeletemy mom told me last week that i can get rid of my cough overnight if i slather vicks on the soles of my feet and then put on socks. true, do you think?
ReplyDeletei live alone, and the cats can't figure out the remote, so i don't have to worry about sharing. ;-)
my husband has a lot of intellectual knowledge about the arts (in fact, probably KNOWS more than I do) but i can barely pull him away from his damn computer game to do anything else. I recently told him that although I hate how much time he spends on the computer, that after 13 years of trying to get him to do otherwise, I have for the most part given up. I'm not in the least happy about it, and can't guarantee I won't try now and again, but basically I have had to resign myself to a life of being ignored for the computer. because nothing I've tried so far works. obviously, the computer is more important.
ReplyDeleteMatt and I have not been able to choose a movie we both want to see in five years. That's because he chooses action/assinine comedy drivel and I choose good movies. In my opinion.
ReplyDeleteJon and I do share an interest in the simple things in life. Hanging out at home and being lazy. Some other things as well, which I just can't think of right now. We have definitley got other interests as well which we definitely don't share-namely the gospel, reading, the arts.
ReplyDeleteI guess we have just enough similarities and differences to keep things calm but interesting?
Ah...just drink a beer! JKJK..make that a shot of JD..hehe
ReplyDeleteHow are you?? It's been a long time and very good to see you are still writing/blogging.:)
I'm afraid I have these very same thoughts in my head myself. They always seem to occur around the same time of month as well. Hmmm. Peculiar. ;)
ReplyDeleteThe hubby and I actually have a lot in common, and yet we still seem SO DIFFERENT. I think it is true, Men are from MARS and Women are from VENUS.
I hope you get some rest after cooking your little Neandrethals such a lovely dinner!
I feel like that regularly! lol
ReplyDeleteSo you are saying Glee does not constitute a cultural art?
ReplyDeleteThis just proves to me, once again, that my husband and I are opposites of all my friends. He's the girl and I'm the boy.
ReplyDeleteMy Hunny is not only more culturally aware, he chooses the good movies while I pick Land of the Lost. He emotes. He wants to talk about our problems. I want to hide in a book or in burning.
Yes, we're opposites. As much as I hate to talk IRL, I make myself do it for his sake, for our sake. We've both learned and grown a WHOLE lot in nineteen years. It helps. But we'll always be different.