P is for Patience
My theme for this year’s Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is Marriage from A to Z in 55 Words. P is for Patience in Marriage!
He could count the tick-tocks of the clock.
He could watch his fingers tap dance on the banister.
Or slow down his racing, rising heart.
But then he realized long ago that it’s best to idle the motor than rev up the engine.
Because, some things never change.
Like his wife getting ready on time.
A Word to the Wise
What good has impatience ever brought? It has only served as the mother of mistakes and the father of irritation. ― Steve Maraboli
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April 18, 2014 12:06 am|
So well exemplified, Shilpa.
April 18, 2014 12:10 am|
Aha 🙂 That’s a funny take,because we women are always mistaken as ‘not being ready on time ‘ 😀 But we know we’ve to look good when we go out with the hubby dears 🙂
Well, patient pays a lot, especially in marriage 🙂
April 18, 2014 12:31 am|
Having Patience is indeed needed but should not be tested for long :-)…
April 18, 2014 1:03 am|
Heh heh, sometimes even the men keep women waiting 😀
April 18, 2014 2:06 am|
Hahaha.. yes, poor men, do need patience for that for sure 😉
April 18, 2014 6:44 am|
LOL!!
good one! yes, patience is the key when one gets ready for an evening out! 😉
April 18, 2014 10:06 am|
In my marriage I am always left waiting on my husband…he is the one who has to rush to the bathroom one more time, do this or do that, while the kids and I wait in the car wondering what in the world he is doing and why he doesn’t hurry up. LOL ♥
April 18, 2014 10:24 am|
hahaha But it can be so bugging when you just have to wait and wait.
April 18, 2014 10:33 am|
Waiting for others to get ready on time is like daily test of patience!
April 18, 2014 11:20 am|
OMG I am totally that wife, who makes her husband wait many a times !
April 18, 2014 11:35 am|
Interesting post. I say wives through their simple action of taking a bit longer to get ready actually help their husbands learn and practice this important virtue of patience. Otherwise how would they learn? 🙂 We do it for their own good 🙂
April 18, 2014 1:03 pm|
Between my husband and I, I have the least patience…sometimes I wonder how he deals with a nutcase like me! 🙂
April 18, 2014 1:31 pm|
I thought I had a lot of patience… but this picture thought in the end making me rethink. I get very anxious when things happen in a different order in which I had thought them to happen. Hmm!
April 18, 2014 1:31 pm|
I really wonder, why we do this, for in the end we want to look nice for them, and they don’t even bother to notice.
April 18, 2014 2:54 pm|
The things you pick up Shilpa!! So absolutely true.
April 18, 2014 3:24 pm|
Ha ha ha – great take on that, Shilpa:-) Reminds me to be more patient myself… Which I really need to some times. Loved the quote!
April 18, 2014 3:40 pm|
hehehehe Poor men… 🙄 women will be women after all 😆 😆
April 18, 2014 3:46 pm|
Always….
April 18, 2014 4:12 pm|
Love this post! This scenario is all too familiar. I watch my FIL sit in the car and honk, honk, honk waiting for my MIL to get ready- and I wait in the car with him. (I am super fast at getting ready,)I learnt patience from my FIL!!
April 18, 2014 4:48 pm|
Hahaha my husband is going to be thrilled while reading this! 🙂
April 18, 2014 5:25 pm|
Very interesting!! In our case, I have to wait for him to come out fast.
April 18, 2014 8:41 pm|
Shilpa,
Visiting after a couple of days. Caught up from N to P. So true, unless you Nurture each other to Overcome problems together with Patience how can you expect happiness?
Take care
April 18, 2014 9:16 pm|
Love this quote!! And post. Seems that, in life, we’re always waiting for something or someone. 🙂 Stopping in from the A-Z!
Where Legends Begin
April 18, 2014 10:42 pm|
Lovely post Shilpa! Wish I could be more regular:)
April 18, 2014 10:50 pm|
True patience goes a long way in marriage 🙂
April 18, 2014 10:59 pm|
I LOVE it. It’s true that patience is allowing things to happen in a different order than anticipated, although I’d never considered it that way. I think that definition is going to stick with me.
True Heroes from A to Z
April 18, 2014 11:14 pm|
This made me think of how I can be impatient with myself, and that energy is anything but calm.
April 19, 2014 2:18 am|
I’m the only punctual one in my family. Eveyone is late for school, weddings, funerals, etc. If a function starts at 3pm, I make sure to let them know it starts 2pm, so that we arrive 3:30, or minutes earlier. http://www.writer-way.blogspot.com
April 19, 2014 7:37 am|
There is a double pleasure in waiting.
April 19, 2014 8:31 am|
It’s one of the important elements of a successful marriage….from both the sides.
April 19, 2014 2:46 pm|
Absolutely brilliant. Love the quote.
April 20, 2014 10:28 am|
The funny thing is, I’m convinced that men take longer to get dressed than we do! 😉
April 20, 2014 12:00 pm|
I thought I was a patient person which isn’t easy for a type A personality BUT when my husband was in a car accident and suffered brain damage – I learned the true meaning of patience.
April 21, 2014 11:34 am|
yeah…some things never change!! 🙂
April 21, 2014 1:16 pm|
another brilliant post Shilpa…….and after all ‘sabra ka phal meetha hota hain na’? 😛 🙂
April 21, 2014 2:35 pm|
I actually laughed out loud at this one 😀
Although, to be honest, I am always the first one to be ready at home 😉
April 21, 2014 7:19 pm|
Ha,Ha.
Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki.
Good,at last women do realise men have patiance when it comes to her getting ready.
April 22, 2014 12:25 pm|
Loved the way you spun it around a fact. good one shilpa.
April 22, 2014 3:01 pm|
Haha…my dad used to have that problem too…and he used to worry what it would be like with 3 women in the house! Luckily back then, my sister and I weren’t the least bit interested in getting dressed up.
April 23, 2014 9:34 pm|
True…but I get wild when people don’t get ready on time….luckily my partner has very good time sense..:) but right..patience is needed..every where…..hey, thanks for the tag dear….just seeing it..ahhh I get it… P for Prudhvi Latha 😛
May 2, 2014 12:16 pm|
Ha ha ha…it’s just the opposite at my place. we’ll all get ready and wait for the man while he decides whether this tee or that, whether this watch or that. 😀