I didn’t have a sweet tooth before I met my husband. I almost never had dessert. Then he came into my life and brought chocolate and ice cream. It became our favorite part of date nights and romantic rendezvous.
I have never been in as good of shape as I was before I met my husband. In fact, I have been consistently 15 lbs heavier.
So every month or two I make him vow not to bring sweets into the house. I work out like crazy and bounce down about 5 to 7 lbs. In general, James has been fairly good about keeping things healthy for my sake. He doesn’t really have to worry about his own physique. Years of hard labor and a love for the outdoors keep him from getting soft. Sooo aggravating.
Anyways, tonight James produced a couple of chocolate covered cherries from seemingly out of nowhere (they are my favorite). Any self restraint I might have otherwise had snapped and I begged him to tell me where the box was.
He wouldn’t of course.
It made me mad… and frustrated. I tried to throw a fit and tell him that he was being insulting. But he wouldn’t budge. I even tried to spy on him to find out where they were hidden. But he caught me every time.
Then just about 10 minutes ago, while he was working out in the shop, I went through the whole kitchen and found his stash. And jeeze oh flip, does he ever have a stash. I’m talking a huge box of chocolate covered cherries and several chocolate bars. They were hidden in a drawer I never look in.
My instant reaction was one of several conflicting feelings at once:
Joy – because I am in the mood to dive into chocolate and I don’t have to run out into the blizzard that is currently raging to get some.
Anger- he is supposed to be supporting me in my fight against the extra fat he brought into my life.
Shame- maybe I shouldn’t let him know I found the stash so that I can sneak some whenever I want.
Concern- how long has this been going on behind my back. After all what kind of a marriage do we have if he has been keeping secrets from me.
Any advice on how to handle this situation? I guess I’ll just have to take some time to think things over while I take a bath and eat some of those delicious chocolate covered cherries.
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3 comments:
After 22 years I found out the secret was a woman 3 years older than our daughter.
Perhaps you should remind him that while his intent may have been good... marriage is supposed to be based on 100% honesty. Period.
Of course, I might be a bit jaded.
In our house I'm the one with the candy horde. My husband is the type to eat ALL of the junk in one sitting - he can't stand to leave any of it uneaten. So a box of cookies or candy bar doesn't last more than a day if he knows about it.
However I prefer to nibble. A few squares of chocolate bar is the perfect accompaniment to any meal in my view.
So if I want to keep sweets in the house I have to hide them. Usually I just hide them behind things he doesn't use, so that's anything related to cooking. In the past I've even stashed things in old boxes of less appealing food items - like unflavored oatmeal. Very sneaky.
Let me know if you need some more candy, I'm sure I've got some around here somewhere.
I ate all of the chocolate covered cherries you brought me today...and what was left in his hidden stash.
Must work out tonight.
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