As Wide as the River...

We were in Chattanooga, Tennessee for New Year's Eve. 

Chattanooga is a great city. It has a vibrant downtown with an aquarium, a children's museum, lots of great restaurants and a pedestrian bridge that crosses the Tennessee River.

And, yes, I do sing "Big River" in Chevy Chase's voice every time I see it.

Hello, Bridge.

We farmed the minions out to the grandparents and headed up yesterday. That is, after a detour in Scottsboro, Alabama to eat some truly good Mexican food at Margaritas. On a side note you can actually get margaritas at Margaritas. In one of those weird quirks Jackson County (where Scottsboro is located) is actually a dry county but the city of Scottsboro is wet. The whole thing seems ridiculous to me but I've been banned from writing anything controversial so I'll hold my tongue on it. 

Okay, back to Chattanooga. When we got in to town we checked in to the hotel and then headed out to walk around downtown.

Here we are on the bridge that crosses the Tennessee River.

Great Scott, Where did my nose go? It's like the camera just made it disappear! My pictures taking skills are...bleak.

Anyway, don't we look so happy? This is where blogging and Facebook go wrong. 

See, in this picture...we weren't happy. We were actually in a big fat fight. 

Kind of a serious fight that is kind of still hanging out. I mean, I'm not fixing it breakfast and asking it to stay for dinner but it's still here.

So...

Someone probably looked at that picture on Facebook on New Year's Eve and thought:

"Oh, I wish I was that happy."

or 

"Oh, they always have so much fun together"

When we have a marriage with ups and downs just like anyone else.

Or they might have been thinking: "When did she have her nose removed?"

Any of those options I guess.

When we get in fights my opinion is that we should just sweep whatever it is we are arguing about under the rug and press on until we are happy again. 

It sounds perfectly reasonable, right?!

His opinion is that we should talk about it until we are happy again. 

Totally unreasonable, right!

Oh, I'm such a joy to be married to. 

So, we went to bed Saturday night still in a major tangle. 

Thank goodness we were in a hotel with a King size bed!

The space between us?

It was nine and a half iPhones wide.

I measured it. 

It felt like it was as wide as the Tennessee River though.

So, what about it couples?

How do you deal with the fights?

Are you a sweep it the rug under person like me?

Yea! Cheering!

Or

Do you think you should talk things through?

Boo! Hiss!