<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933216059488802046</id><updated>2012-02-16T19:29:21.899-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Married Man's Mind</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marriedmansmind.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6933216059488802046/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marriedmansmind.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Confused Married Man</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13162818781056443183</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933216059488802046.post-6282848694013009849</id><published>2009-08-18T16:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T12:35:06.612-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Beautiful Garden of Flowers</title><content type='html'>I remembered a question when I was still in college and I thought I gave myself a satisfying answer, only to find out later in my life that I wasn't really sure of my answer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine yourself in a very beautiful garden that has a pathway filled with different flowers left and right. You were given the chance to pick-up a flower of any type that you liked. However there are conditions imposed on you; Once you have passed by a flower you cannot go back and pick it up. Once you have picked up a flower, you cannot return the flower and you cannot pick any other flower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My answer was quick and simple, I'll get the first beautiful flower that I could see and ignore the rest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, as I try to live my married life, I find myself having hard time to put my answer into practice. I know I shouldn't anymore think of picking up other beautiful fowers in my path because I already picked one. But I frequently find myself wanting to put down the flower that I picked and exchange it for the next flower I see that is better than the first that I picked.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6933216059488802046-6282848694013009849?l=marriedmansmind.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marriedmansmind.blogspot.com/feeds/6282848694013009849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://marriedmansmind.blogspot.com/2009/08/beautiful-garden-of-flowers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6933216059488802046/posts/default/6282848694013009849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6933216059488802046/posts/default/6282848694013009849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marriedmansmind.blogspot.com/2009/08/beautiful-garden-of-flowers.html' title='The Beautiful Garden of Flowers'/><author><name>Confused Married Man</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13162818781056443183</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933216059488802046.post-498145769599779428</id><published>2009-08-17T23:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-17T23:29:45.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Confessions of a Confused Married Man</title><content type='html'>I'm 32 years old, Filipino married man.  I've been married for 4 years now and I have 1 daughter, 4 years old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started this blog just to get the thoughts out of my mind.  My commitment with my wife is currently being shaken and my mind is on constant attack from thoughts that will certainly destroy my relationship with my wife.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know there are a lot of other people out there whether wife or husband going through the same shaky situation and I am hoping to learn from them. Hopefully through this blog, I may be able to get advice on how to deal with these things. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My wife doesn't know what I am going through, and I do not want to let her know, for I feel that it would just worsen the situation. As of now, I feel that writing through this blog will get things off my mind and hopefully ease the burden that I have.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6933216059488802046-498145769599779428?l=marriedmansmind.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marriedmansmind.blogspot.com/feeds/498145769599779428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://marriedmansmind.blogspot.com/2009/08/confessions-of-confused-married-man.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6933216059488802046/posts/default/498145769599779428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6933216059488802046/posts/default/498145769599779428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marriedmansmind.blogspot.com/2009/08/confessions-of-confused-married-man.html' title='Confessions of a Confused Married Man'/><author><name>Confused Married Man</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13162818781056443183</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
