hanging pictures: epic failure & simple lessons learned

i can be a prick.  i am (sometimes) a nag...and 'bloody difficult.'  i will not lie about that.  especially when it comes to 'type A' duties like, hanging picture frames straight or washing dishes.  case in point, was when M and i were trying to hang our blown-up framed photo of us over our bed.  the picture itself is 24"x28" in dimensions.  include a matte and frame, it's pretty big.  and heavy.  we've been trying to hang this frame for several weeks now, but every time we've tried, one of those 3M won't-damage-your-wall/paint hanging contraptions are set-up, the frame falls onto our queen-size bed after staying on the wall for a max of 2.5 minutes.  utter failure.  i was so frustrated with our past and present attempts of trying to get this picture to hang, i was beyond a basic married woman's nit-picking.  i was asking (wait.  i think it was more of a demand) my husband in a very stern, "loud," voice that i wanted the picture to not be crooked and he "wasn't helping much by standing there."


i'm an utter fool.  M was the smart one to be calm and not lose his crap when the darn frame kept on falling onto our bed.  i, on the other hand, was beside myself.  i felt like there was a tally score with an inanimate object and i was losing:  5:0, picture frame leading.  M just set the frame down next to our bed and cleaned-up quietly.  in a few minutes after my anger dissipated towards M & that frame, i realized how foolish i was being and my kind husband had to remind me of an important lesson:  by his example, i realized i was letting such a stupid thing (e.g., hanging a picture) get the best of me and my cool.  its a wonder how i get passed the frustration of an awful alarm clock sound or too many crazy sT. LouiS drivers or how bad coffee can ruin a day; but 'perfectly' hanging a picture frame would get me so riled-up.  


man oh man, does marriage and M have so much to teach me about being human and realizing that most stuff i fret about IS stupid.  RATS!  i was hoping that i would've gotten the hang of marriage by now.  literally.