How much does your wife love you?

To be honest, Mandy and I spend a lot of time together.  More than most couples (especially around here, given that neither or us have to commute).  The fact we work together late afternoons-early evenings as tutors allows us to enjoy each other's company, make some money, and most importantly, develop (or in Mandy's case, perfect) our child-rearing skills.  I also get to see, time after time, how much my wife really loves me.

 

Yesterday, I had to decided whether to work with one of my regular kids or go to another activity.  Mandy knew what I wanted to do, and offered to take on the assignment.  The child is difficult, but I believed that we got through to him in his last session.  I went to my activity and came home thinking everything turned out fine.  I was wrong.

 

Mandy not only dealt with the child, who needed further indoctrination into the importance of hard work when it comes to learning, but she also had to deal with their parent, who did not understand or appreciate our methods.  This should have been my responsibility, as I not only tutor the kid most of the time, but also instigated the measures the parent complained about.  Mandy supported my decisions and backed them up to both the parent and child.  She also helped the parent understand their importance of what we were doing, enabling them to find support for our actions before leaving at the end of the session.

 

What Mandy did is important on two fronts.  First, she offered to help me out so I could do something that was personally enriching.  She has done it before, and I appreciate every opportunity with all my heart.  More significantly, she not only took flack on my behalf, but crafted an effective response the we believe resolved the matter (we will see next session).  Had I been there (those who know me would agree with this), I would have either shown great frustration with the child and parent or utilized some applicable but unsympathetic reference like "improvise, adapt, overcome" from Heartbreak Ridge.  In other words, it was meant for her to be there in my place, and given the traditional power of woman's intuition, she likely knew in her mind what was going to happen.  Whether she realized it in advance or not, she was actually saving me from an embarrassing situation.

 

The title of this posting is not meant to make you question your relationship with your spouse.  I know that most of you have a mate who does something similar for your on a regular basis.  I just wanted to share and express my appreciation and let everyone know what a great person my wife is.  Mandy, thank you, and I love you.