Teasing Is Their Thing

My family came through town for a quick visit yesterday. We went to the creek for a quick dip, then back to the house for lunch, dinner, then So You Think We Can Dance, because … well, Mom and I are hooked.

My sister and her husband have been married for 16 years. They have been a couple for about 21 years. In that time I’ve watched their relationship change – up and down, but never out. There are times when they can be a bit bickery, but my brother-in-law never stops doing goofy stuff like goosing my sister or asking her silly and/or inappropriate questions that make her blush and punch his arm as she yells, “Matt!!”  If he ever stops the teasing, that’s when I’ll worry.

He teases Robin because he loves her. He does it because he thinks his wife is adorable and sexy and her easy-to-push buttons are impossible for him to resist. It’s become their thing.

I wish them another 40+ years of the same sort of button-pushing and arm punching. And I look forward to Monday when I get to spend another short, but fun-filled visit with them again.

Image credit: Michelle Smith