I’ve been low key about the course around the house, because this is the type of thing my husband has a low opinion of. I misplaced my earbuds (Did I leave them on the train? At the other house?), so I was listening to Sunday’s replay over the speaker.
After I finished, my husband confirmed my suspicions that he didn’t think the course was doing me any good. I was feeling a little overwhelmed by the assignment, but I really wanted to keep the discussion unemotional. I tried to listen to his concerns.
One of my stated reasons to him for taking the course was to improve our relationship. This conversation became part of that process. While contemplating how to do my movie poster, I realized I needed his help.
Since part of my DMP is helping him as required, I knew we needed to talk about what that might look like on my movie poster. I also needed a new item for the back of my DMP card this week. I decided it needed to be something that would move my need for a harmonious relationship forward.
We had a productive discussion tonight. Despite his reservations about the course, I could tell he genuinely wanted to help me with the assignment.
I bought poster board for my movie poster today. Instead of traditional white, I decided to go with blue and yellow. I will cut the yellow into a square. The blue is already a rectangle. Those are the shapes I’ve chosen for my PPNs, so I can tie them into the overall theme.
Nice way to involve him!