I don't know if this will help... since i don't know anything :-)
So number one your kinda valuble already...
Two, if your not 'suffering' financially, what more important work could you be doing (service)?
Three, for me 'just a guy', I like the idea of providing enough that my wife could auxillary or something.
Sorry not any help with finding a new career. :-(
PS Don't sweat the Anniversary, gifts etc. (just don't compare with others, know your doing something more important)
*Disclaimer... just my random thoughts.
i agree with that article, but i'm not a mom, and have no plans to be in the near future (please see my journal "Preggers") haha
well, you're right, service is defniatly important work, i auxilaried last month and had a great time. but see, getting a job wouldnt mean i COULDNT do that stuff, the work my husband needs me to do, i can catch up on nights & weekends.
I appreciate the not 'preggers' LOL. It's just the sentiment I wanted to convey.
Let me see if I get the highlights from your first paragraph...
Good schedule... nothing too wrong.
Missing paycheque... not missing money. (Correct me if I am wrong)
So, to have a feeling of not being a kept woman, you want to do more....
I'm going to be taken out behind the barn by all the husbands here, cuz the extra cash is always nice. [But the more you make the more you spend.]
yea, all you say is def. true. and it's not like we NEED the money to live...it would just be nice to have a little extra. i mean 2-3 days is not gonna make a HUGE difference. but i appreciate your comments. they make sense.
I agree with Monster. Now I'm not married, but I have been pioneering for 6 years, so hopefully what I say holds value. Also, I'm a man, which is merely being stated for the sake of letting you know this is a male's perspective.
I understand that you feel bad that you spend HIS money to buy HIM a gift. But gifts aren't about cost or money. Or they shouldn't be. They should be about your sentiments. Your love for him. It doesn't matter where the money came from, ultimately, it comes from your heart, and that's truly what matters.
See, Everything we give to Jehovah...he already has. Except for our time and our love. Nothing else matters, because anything else we try to give to Jehovah, he already has....or could make. We are built in his likeness.
And the best thing for any marriage, obviously, is to have Jehovah as an integral part of your life. So, keep up the great service time, and keep putting Jehovah first, and you'll have nothing but success. Keep a simple eye, and pray to Jehovah to continue joyfully in the weekly pattern you've developed.
That is my opinion.
todd, that was awesome advice!!! *hugs*
and going along with that....there are plenty of things you can do that come from your heart that doesnt require money....and i think hubby will be touched all the more so :)
thanks, GG.