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<blockquote data-quote="JustinHS" data-source="post: 1526285" data-attributes="member: 22365"><p>We’ve been married for about 16 months now. Both Orthodox. She converted before I did, but both of us independently converted before we met. God gave us Theodore in March of ‘21. In many ways she is a grace from God as well. She was homeschooled, so she was pretty based as a baseline already.</p><p></p><p>Our relationship dynamic is pretty much how it should be. She stays home with the kids (I have a 9 year old from a previous, secular marriage), homeschools the nine year old, cooks, and cleans, waits on me hand and foot. God is very kind to us. She meets with a couple of other sisters from church who also are homemakers and she gets advice from them because they’re a couple years older and have experience with children.</p><p></p><p>I’m the spiritual head of the household, and she defers to me on important matters of faith, finances and the world as I keep my “ear to the street” so to speak, and guide them to the right direction. So far, we’re the only ones from both our families that have not got the vax. We gather at the icons twice a day, but i often see her praying an akathist during the day if something isn’t going well. She also listens to Fr. Kosmas while cooking. She had a bad feeling about Archbishop Elpidophoros before I even had to tell her why. </p><p></p><p>We’ve only quarreled once and it was due to a misunderstanding, confessed and moved on. Personality-wise we’re complete opposites, but it works for us. She’s an INFP and I’m an ISTP if that even matters.</p><p></p><p>We’re very patient with each other. We read that St. John Chrysostom book from the OP a couple Christmas ago.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, I wasn’t even looking that hard for a wife, but I tried to focus on God most of all, and she kind of just fell into my lap, like God said “here, she’s for you.”</p><p></p><p>We help each other spiritually. There’s been numerous times she has talked me down when I was very angry with our daughter.</p><p></p><p>There’s a passage in Proverbs that talks about a good wife being a crowning jewel for her husband, or maybe it was Sirach..</p><p></p><p>That’s what it’s like for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustinHS, post: 1526285, member: 22365"] We’ve been married for about 16 months now. Both Orthodox. She converted before I did, but both of us independently converted before we met. God gave us Theodore in March of ‘21. In many ways she is a grace from God as well. She was homeschooled, so she was pretty based as a baseline already. Our relationship dynamic is pretty much how it should be. She stays home with the kids (I have a 9 year old from a previous, secular marriage), homeschools the nine year old, cooks, and cleans, waits on me hand and foot. God is very kind to us. She meets with a couple of other sisters from church who also are homemakers and she gets advice from them because they’re a couple years older and have experience with children. I’m the spiritual head of the household, and she defers to me on important matters of faith, finances and the world as I keep my “ear to the street” so to speak, and guide them to the right direction. So far, we’re the only ones from both our families that have not got the vax. We gather at the icons twice a day, but i often see her praying an akathist during the day if something isn’t going well. She also listens to Fr. Kosmas while cooking. She had a bad feeling about Archbishop Elpidophoros before I even had to tell her why. We’ve only quarreled once and it was due to a misunderstanding, confessed and moved on. Personality-wise we’re complete opposites, but it works for us. She’s an INFP and I’m an ISTP if that even matters. We’re very patient with each other. We read that St. John Chrysostom book from the OP a couple Christmas ago. Honestly, I wasn’t even looking that hard for a wife, but I tried to focus on God most of all, and she kind of just fell into my lap, like God said “here, she’s for you.” We help each other spiritually. There’s been numerous times she has talked me down when I was very angry with our daughter. There’s a passage in Proverbs that talks about a good wife being a crowning jewel for her husband, or maybe it was Sirach.. That’s what it’s like for me. [/QUOTE]
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