Carrie Underwood: I'd quit my job if my husband told me to

[LWolf]

21. Recently,

I was catching up with an old friend, and she brought up a mutual friend that I haven't seen in a couple of years. I asked how she was doing.

My friend said, "Well, her husband wants her to sell her horse and go on the road with him. He wants to realize his dream of traveling the country by motorcycle." I was a little shocked, knowing that my friend's horses have been as much a part of her, her whole life, as some people's children are.

I asked, "Why doesn't he just go do his thing, and let her do hers?" The answer? "He says he's spent 25 years messing with her horses when he never wanted to. It's her turn. She's really upset, but she's probably going to do it."

I digested this for a moment, and then said, "Well, I know what I'd tell him, but then, that's probably why I have 2 failed marriages behind me."

My friend snorted, and we peacefully contemplated sending a man who wanted us to give up what makes our life meaningful, whatever that is, down the road on his own.

That IS why I have 2 failed marriages. I couldn't compromise who I am for someone else's ideas about how to live.

I wouldn't have it any other way. There may have been someone out there who wanted the same things out of life I did, but I never met him. I'm content on my own.