The title of this blog is appropriate. Both statements are common in regards to relationships or friendships. So, I am going to give you my insight on both. For me, Peas & Carrots describe two people that are totally different. One is orange and usually square or something and peas are green and round. The big thing is that when you put Peas & Carrots together they can make something absolutely delicious! Perhaps you will make a soup or a stew or a sauce or my absolute favorite, a chicken pot pie!! So absolutely yummy!!! You could say it is a match made in heaven! However, on occasion the carrot will say "I want to be in a carrot cake". And, the pea will say "I want to be in that soup". So then there is a dilemma. Both the carrot and the pea want to go in different directions which causes a divide of sorts. I call this divide "walking on eggshells". Eggshells are quite fragile and break very easily and cause quite a mess. But, eventually, the carrot cake is devoured and the pea soup is completely slurped up and the eggshells get cleaned off the floor and you go on as "Peas & Carrots" in what is a very complimentary and compatible relationship for the most part.
At this point, I will tell you that I always saw myself as the "carrot". I love carrots! But, I am wrong. Carrots can be raw, shredded, sliced, glazed, chopped, in a dessert, part of the holy trinity and endless other things. I am not that. Not at all. I may aspire to be that but really I am a "pea". A pea is always green and round. You can't really do much to change it because it is rather constant in it's look and uses. I do think that sometimes a pea will "escape" and roll onto the floor in the kitchen OR give you a run for your money on your dinner plate chasing it around with your fork! That is the fun part of being a pea for me!
Now I will address "Two Peas in a Pod". This is totally different for me. Two peas in a pod mean that you come from the same place and the same environment. You are both in the same pod. You open the pod. There are a number of peas. Everyone is green, round and connected. But, each pea is it's own pea in the pod...each is unique in a very small way. But, all the peas have been through a similar experience and can relate to it. If you go down the cooking road with peas, you find you can cook them in the pod or remove them from the pod. Either way, they are simply cooked with a little salt, pepper and butter and a BIG YUM! You may put them with a pot pie but there is nothing like a pure pea!
At this point, I will tell you I have been fortunate. I have had "Peas & Carrots" in a relationship.. Sometimes it was great and spontaneous and sometimes it was not so easy at all. Right now, I will tell you that I have a "Two Peas in a Pod"relationship. It is awesome for me. I will be completely honest right now and hopefully it will last for the rest of my life. There is a concept that opposites attract....and I understand that may be true but it isn't the ideal situation at all. Well, it isn't the ideal situation for me.
So, what I would like to share right now is that I found and am with my "Two Peas in a Pod" person. His name is Wayne. He is awesome in every way possible for me! We say to each other many, many times that we actually are THE SAME PERSON. It is true and then some. We think the same, we act the same and we react the same. It is amazing and wonderful in many ways. I have never been so completely understood or accepted.
I truly hope every person reaches this point as I have. It has taken a long time but worth the trip and then some.
Until next time, Anne
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