HGTV stars Ben and Erin Napier have been married for 16 years, and, sometimes, Erin experiences slightly jealousy.
The couple spoke with Us Weekly, and Erin defined that she didn’t like that somebody “who looks too much like a supermodel” was messaging Ben about working with them.
Erin mentioned she trusts Ben “110%,” however lets her creativeness run wild typically, like when she occurred to seek out her husband taking a mid-afternoon bathe.
Ben had spilled one thing “all over” himself, because it turned out, and whereas not “accusatory,” she recalled, “I just wanted to let [him] know how creative my mind is.”
Erin Napier admits she sometimes will get jealous, like when a “supermodel”-looking lady messaged Ben about working with the couple. (Nathan Congleton/NBC by way of Getty Pictures)
He added she was self-aware on the identical time, saying, “Before she even called, she was like, ‘This is silly. Why am I thinking this?’”
The 41-year-old mentioned all of it “goes hand in hand with communication. How you break trust [is when someone feels forced to say], ‘Why didn’t you tell me about this?’”
“We’ve been together longer than we’ve been apart. We learned how to communicate together. It’s effortless now.”
The Napiers say “communication is a key element in a happy marriage,” and miscommunications are uncommon.
“We’re together all the time. I hear everything that he hears. I’m standing with him when he hears it,” Erin mentioned.
The Napiers say communication is essential of their 16-year marriage. (John Shearer/Getty Pictures for CMA)
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The “Home Town Takeover” hosts additionally acknowledge that folks can take their conversations out of context as a result of enhancing.
“What they don’t realize is that a little 30-second snippet of us talking was taken from a 30-minute conversation,” Ben instructed the outlet.
Erin added, “We’ve been together longer than we’ve been apart. We learned how to communicate together. It’s effortless now.”
In addition they mentioned working collectively takes actual effort.
The couple mentioned folks typically misconstrue their feedback on their HGTV collection. (HGTV)
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“Some people say, ‘Oh, I could never work with my spouse.’ But it may be that you’ve never actually tried,” Ben mentioned. “If you go to your parents’ house, and you’re only there for a couple days, you tend to start getting on each other’s nerves. But if you’re together for an extended period, you move beyond that, and you get into this groove together.”
At house, they trade gestures, like each day love notes Ben leaves his spouse.
“They don’t say anything profound,” Erin mentioned. “[Just] things like, ‘I’m so thankful that it’s you and me, and that this is what our life is,’ or, ‘Thank you for being mine, and I’ll always do my best for you every day.’”
Ben typically leaves Erin little notes amongst different romantic gestures. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Pictures)
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Their daughters, Helen and Mae, have picked up on the gesture. Ben says Helen now leaves him notes on a regular basis.
“The girls are going to be ruined,” Erin joked. “They’re never going to find a husband who treats them as good as he does. Good luck to them.”
