I Promise!
“I promise.” These are such important words to me. I, however, have learned the hard way that these words sometimes mean nothing to others.
My husband promises to do this or that. He doesn’t. When I remind him that he promised, he’ll promise again and even give me a target date for fulfilling his promise. And, guess what! He again misses living up to his promise. This has been going on for more than 30 years and I should be used to it, but I’m not. To me a promise is a promise.
Friends and family members make promises that they never keep. To them, their promises are just words that they think I want to hear so they say them. I’ll give them the benefit of a doubt. I believe that they plan to keep their promises when they make them, but, most times, if keeping the promise is inconvenient or just lip service, the promise goes unfulfilled.