Just quickly to let you know that Marye & I are talking and working on things. She is tenacious, we had a long talk in a parked van on Saturday. She figured she had a captive audience. We had our first Christian Counseling session yesterday and a coffee date afterward. Even after the counseling we are still on speaking terms. Nothing new, just the groundwork and our objectives. Marye and I are committed to one another. That has not changed. It won’t change. As y’all know from reading our posts over the past eight months, we are committed and we are real. Does that Make us Real Committed? We have agreed to make progress and set small attainable goals for each of us to start off with. I am sure with the counselor there... [Read more]

This is difficult, though not as difficult as real life. I am sorry that I have not been as frequent here at MarriageActually as I should have been. This has been good, getting to know some of you as you would let us know you. To say that laying this down is easy is wrong. Doing this has been equally difficult as of late. Things are not going well in Camelot. My armor is chinked and tarnished. And may need to be retired as well. I am no knight in shining armor and never have I proposed I was. It seems a horse of that white color that I have been unsteadily mounted needs to go out to pasture as well. No, there is no Lancelot or Guinevere. No sordid affair. Nothing. Unfortunately, as we have been transparent here on MA, we have had our... [Read more]

It was in Monterey, Ca. actually, to a fiery brunette soldier from Texas. She still has it, it may not feel like it to her right now. But, she does still have it. Somewhere in the fall of 1979, When I saw her, I was a goner. It has been a couple of times around the block and my heart still skips a beat. Perhaps lopes would be a better term. For the past couple of years it hasn’t felt like it has still been this way. I have had a problem. [Read more] [Read more]

Yes, yes, I know there was a movie titled something similar to this. But Something was one of my favorite Beatles song. so I’ll go with Something about Marye. And sometimes we all need to be able to look back and remember those good things about our spouse. [Read more] [Read more]

As Marye mentioned, We are bringing up family rule books. What were the rules in the house you grew up in? As for the Audet household there were not a lot of them. 1. If you got something out. Put it away when you are through. That means in the correct place. Things had a orderly place to go. Toys in the basement toy shelf. Tools back in their place in the workbench. Bike in the shed or basement. Plates, food etc. were put in their place in the pantry. Your clothes in the dresser or closet if they were clean and in the clothes hamper if they were dirty. 2. Do what you have to do. Whether it was schoolwork or later work. You did it. And well, might I add. There wasn’t pressure to excel, but you wanted to do your best. Friends... [Read more]