The Mrs speaks !

Hello dear readers.

This week, as I'm a touch under the weather,  I'm handing over the reins of this esteemed blog to a lady that long time readers may already be aware of.  I am of course talking about my good lady wife Tina. Enjoy!

So ..... Mr seated perspective has given me the permission to speak.  It's actually not very often that I get to share my opinions, after all, I am the long suffering wife of the esteemed author of this popular blog. I deserve a chance to speak though, as if I ever need permission!!.

There is a reason behind this guest post. As mentioned above Mr seated perspective is at the moment not very well, and so in order to keep up with the weekly tradition of the blog, I volunteered to guest star this week.

Long introduction I know. So down to business.


We are, at this very minute chilling out with a cup of tea, and watching one of our very favourite films. As Mark and I have very different views and tastes, this is a difficult task sometimes, to find something that we both like. We have managed it fro time to time though. Let me share some more examples.

• We both love 80's music and 80's films ( and are watching ' Fright Night ' at the moment if you were wondering )
• We both love tea ( but Mark prefers coffee, I like coffee flavoured milk - otherwise known as a latte )
•  We both love eating out .
• We both love architecture - mooseying around old buildings

Etc, etc. Actually, we do have more in common than people would think. But we also have a lot not in common. On many occasions, we both follow our own interests, and our marriage seems to survive our differences. On paper - our marriage, or matching, shouldn't actually work !. We have opposing religious views, quite different musical tastes ( although we love 80's music, I also love Mannilow, Steps, and Abba, just to name a few whereas Mark leans towards Ska and Punk),oh, and I can walk, but my husband cant.

Mark's ' disability ' has never been an issue for me. Since the day we met, and before in actual fact.I have tried - and always succeeded to see the man rather than the chair.

Mark is very hard to miss - being a 6ft + man, and walking with him in to town is often a marked occasion usually involving me walking ahead and leaving him because his wheelchair spoke has come out of his wheel or soemthing.We have been known to provoke the odd stare though, as I am not very blessed in the height department, so we look quite a comical couple. Unfortunately we have often being mistaken for carer and caree.

The truth however, is I am very proud to be Marks wife!

Mark has a disability that can be physically seen.  I, on the other hand have issues that cant. I suffer from depression and anxiety, I am scared of crowds and spiders. I am also very directionally challenged on occasion!.

I think the reason that we ' work ' is that we concentrate on bringing the very best out of each other. We might not always like the same things, but we are tolerant with each other. Mark is strong when I am weak, when I want to hide away, he encourages me to socialise. In other words, we literally are a team. We definitely 'come together as a team to achieve a common goal.'

Well I hope you have enjoyed my Little contribution ( that I have so very graciously been allowed to make ).

Until next time ...