sunshine

Can you love and hate something about someone at the same time??

I love how friendly Troy is with everyone he meets.  He enjoys making people feel important and valued.  He will compliment a lady on her dress, or a guy's nice car.  He knows that making people feel important allows them to be comfortable around him.  Experience has taught him to more easily survive in this world the more friends you have the better. 

I really do and always have loved this about him.  How could this be something I would hate as well?  Honestly, I don't hate it at all anymore.  But when we were newly married and he would talk to complete strangers in such a friendly manner, strangers that seemed to be more often than not women, I took this as him flirting with others and felt it was a reflection on me indicating he was not happy with me. 

That could not have been farther from the truth.  The happier Troy and I are with each other and with our relationship, the more able we are to be happy with others.  Amazing, huh?  When the home is happy the rest of the world is easily cheered.  So when I see Troy being confident and considerate with others, I know that we're doing alright.