Comments on: No Regrets https://yourmoderndad.com/no-regrets/ Fatherhood. Life… that about explains it. Sat, 16 May 2015 03:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Mickey Mansfield https://yourmoderndad.com/no-regrets/#comment-288 Sat, 16 May 2015 03:29:13 +0000 https://yourmoderndad.com/?p=1024#comment-288 In reply to Rocky.

Hey Rocky-
(Becky here 🙂 )
Thanks for writing. We do try each and every day. We have been together since we were 13 and 14 and our marriage is a priority. To say that we married our best friend is an understatement. We work together, we hang out together (we are writing this response together) and we enjoy it. Yes, we do honor each other each and every day, because to have a successful marriage, we think that is sort of a must.

You asked how we do that-
I recommend the book “The Five Love Languages”. Its awesome. We also put our kids to bed at a regular bedtime (I have a post on my blog, yourmodernfamily.com, about why we put our kids to bed at 7:00) and this allows us to spend time together every night, watching movies, playing board games, etc… while still spending time with the kids during the day (we both work from home.)

To say that it is possible is not an understatement or misleading… it is our life. We live it every day. We spend time with our kids, we love it. We spend time with each other and we love that, as well. We cook our meals together, clean together, go on bike rides together, etc… I can’t imagine not having a life where your wife/husband is your best friend. Both of our parents have the same type of marriage that we have. It is just the ‘norm’ to us and I encourage everyone to try their best to honor their family every day, because it makes all the difference.

Sincerely,
Becky Mansfield (& Mickey – well, it’s mostly Becky writing back to this one). 🙂

]]> By: Rocky https://yourmoderndad.com/no-regrets/#comment-280 Wed, 13 May 2015 09:23:12 +0000 https://yourmoderndad.com/?p=1024#comment-280 Thanks for the article. I am hesitant to read articles like this because it makes you seem like you’re a perfect husband and father. Things that you say like ” I will put forth 100% of my effort and my time, NO MATTER WHAT.”, and “each and every day”. Do you really honor your wife “each and every day”? I would love to know how you do that.

I enjoy your articles, but I can’t help to wonder what is hiding behind the words that you use and the things that you claim to do. I don’t mean to discourage you, just let you know that there are people reading this that may think that what you describe is possible, which is misleading.

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