Anniversary Expectations

This past week, my husband and I celebrated 19 years of marriage! Traditional gift giving lists tell us that we should give each other gifts of jade. But we did not have this expectation of each other. Unfortunately, many of us have very specific expectations in our mind of how these milestone celebrations "should" go, and then we feel angry when they don't. This often creates feelings of resentment, and feeling misunderstood or uncared for on these special days, which...