Day 42: Marathon Marriage

Today the hub and I celebrate 18 years of marriage, which I like to refer to as "marathon marriage". I say this because my wise sister-in-law likened marriage to a marathon and not a sprint and if you're married you get it. And you are wholeheartedly agreeing.
So today, despite the lows that happen sometimes in marriage, I am choosing to be grateful for this marathon marriage that I am running with the hub. I'm grateful that he puts up with me and my crap and still can say, "I love you." I'm grateful that he made the choice to watch me grow up. (I was barely 21 when we married and still living with my parents, I had A LOT of growing up to do still.) I'm grateful that he has different eyes when he looks at me than I have when I look at me. I'm grateful that he believes I could do great things.
I have my complaints and he has his but we are committed to going the distance of this marathon together and I'm grateful for that as well.

Comments

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

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