Some of the troubles women have with men begin when they start thinking men think like they do. First of all, men are not complicated, they don’t say one thing and mean another … they don’t have different meanings for words based on the tone … they don’t analyze situations over and over.
Let’s give men credit where credit is due. They are straightforward; they know what they want.
Living with three boys (both large and small), I’ve realized the surefire way straight to their hearts, and to their love, begins right in their mouths … those big, loud mouths. Nothing gives them a thrill like when I come home from the grocery store with their favorite snacks, or when I surprise them by making their favorite meals, or even better, late-night brownies. Suddenly, I’m an instant celebrity, who can do no wrong.
And I’ve found nothing warms my heart like keeping those mouths stuffed full as long as possible, giving me a few much-needed moments of peace and quiet.
The boys lay the love on the thickest when I make the right choices. “You’re the best cooker in the world, mommy,” instead of, “You are not going to make that again, are you?”
So you want to be every husband’s dream, and world’s best mom? Serve meat … and lots of it. For some extra spice in your love life, you may want to wrap yourself in bacon, and then serve meat. Mom served up — filet mignon style.
Knowing the minds of my carnivorous family, I spent Valentine’s Eve making my famous homemade meatballs to put in my go-to romantic meal of choice … Crock-Pot Italian Wedding Soup.
The name wedding soup is actually not an accurate translation, in Italian, the soup is called minestra maritata, which means “married soup”. But what says love more than married soup? The name came to be because meat and vegetables, while obviously very different, go well together. So true.
I consider myself more the vegetable (the root or stalk) in this relationship, and my husband and our two boys are the meat (flavor or pizazz) to complete my soup. Without one another, we simply would be ordinary, but together, we are a full meal.
It’s the differences between us that keep life so interesting. But to save time, just remember, in dealings with boys, the easier it is to make and the worse it is for you, the more they will love it. And whether they know it or not, they love you (the vegetable), for sneaking in their meals and making their lives satisfying and complete.
