Saturday, August 15, 2015

August 15: Writing Prompt #227-Freaky Friday

You experience your own Freaky Friday, and switch bodies with someone you love/hate. Tell us what happens.

I switch bodies with my husband and realize all the things that drive me crazy and that I love about my spouse and my life from his perspective. Enlightening!  I begin to completely understand what it is like to be a man in this world and see how differently I am treated because of my gender. I confuse my co-workers because my responses are not like my husband’s, and I now know what it feels like to be a sleep-deprived 46-year-old man all at the same time.  Weird, huh?  I see even how my dog responses more promptly to my deeper, more commanding voice, and I find a new appreciation for his skill set as I can’t seem to figure out how to install conduit or wire an electrical box to save my life.  Mostly, what happens on my Freaky Friday is that I gain new perspective and learn to respect and appreciate my husband and what we have together even more.  We work because we are different, because we compliment each other. Where he is weak, I am strong. Where he is strong, I am weak, and we work to build each other up.  Isn’t that what Freaky Friday is about anyway, putting yourself in someone else’s shoes and getting a new outlook on life?  What would your Freaky Friday be like? 

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