cathy @ Mon, 2008-02-25 08:42
I don't think ppl realise just how fantastic a husband I've got. We were talking last night about how no one ever seems to notice Kev in situations but he's always there in the background holding things together. There's a lot of undeserved praise flying around these days and its' understandable that Kev gets Narked from time to time. All this praise about so and so can move house 'nearly' on their own or someone else was oh so fantastic with their pregnant wife until she was about 10 weeks pregnant. For gods sake! Are these ppl seen as so pathetic that they have to get praised for the crap that everyone just gets on with normally?
Back to Kev. He gets a rough deal. I mean, he has a wife who has lots of medical problems meaning that she needs a lot of support, a baby who refuses to sleep at night and is fast heading towards tantrum of the year award, he has a very good job that he has worked exceptionally hard for (that ppl seem to think just landed at his feet, no he's is talented and hard working)and gets on with it all as part of everyday life. Lets face it, my condition is chronic and not going to go away. Kev could bail and create hell but he doesn't. He quietly gets on with it and no one notices.
Comments like so and so even managed to transfer their utility bills on their own (when in their 30s) are frankly insulting to us (and them). We only moved transatlantic twice and once with a newborn baby in tow!! How can they even be compared? Kev is completely under-rated.
Ppl seem to think that I'm the strong one of us but they're wrong. Without Kev's support I would have lost it years ago. He's always been there for me. I might not like what he has to say sometimes but its always said out of love and never spite. The world needs to know that just because I'm the one with medical problems rather than him it doesn't mean that he doesn't suffer them as well. Which is worse? Having arthritis or watching someone you love get frustrated constantly about not being able to do things or live in constant pain. I can tell you that its easier to be the person with the condition rather than the carer.
Give Kev a break, he's my rock and I love him.