\tWell, Blake says otherwise. Try as she might to convince us otherwise, Blake Lively is low-key winning at life. She has an ab-tastic husband who moonlights as a wise-cracking superhero? Check. Cashing Gossip Girls residual checks until the end of time? Check. LA face and fabulous body? Check. Speaking with Glamour magazine in a new interview, Lively is keen on dispelling this notion of perfection but somehow ends up making life sound pretty damn good in the process. Take for example, how she describes her fights with Ryan Reynolds. \u201cIn other relationships, if something came up, I would call my girlfriends or my sister and say, \u2018Hey, this is what he did\u2014what should I do?\u2019 Where with him, we were friends for two years before we were ever dating,\u201d Lively explained. \u201cAnd I treat him like my girlfriend. I\u2019m like, \u2018Hey, this happened. It upset me. This is how I feel. What do I do?\u2019 And he does the same for me. He treats me like his best buddy.\u201d<\/p>\n
See? GOALS! The couple, who got married in 2012, have two children together, daughters James and Inez. Reynolds has become a social media favorite of late for his tweets about parenting, which Lively admits are \u201ccompletely made-up.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m so in love with him when he writes that stuff,\u201d she said. \u201cI mean, I\u2019m in love with him most of the time, but especially with that.\u201d When asked Lively why she felt the need to add \u201cmost of the time,\u201d the actress said she qualified her statement in fear of being labeled as perfect. \u201cI said, \u2018Most of the time,\u2019 because if I say, \u2018I\u2019m so in love with him all the time,\u2019 then you get that eye-rolling, \u2018Oh, her life is so great, she\u2019s so perfect.\u2019 So, it\u2019s like, my defense mechanism.\u201d\t\t<\/p>\n
\tUltimately, Lively sees this burden of perfection as damaging and something that\u2019s unfairly ascribed to women. \u201cIt\u2019s nonsense. It simplifies people,\u201d Lively said about her public perception. \u201cNot all men, but a subsection of men, have a desire to understand and control women. To do that, you have to paint them into this thing you can wrap your head around. But women are complex.\u201d \u201cIt also is a reminder that what you see in the media is not real life,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe night before an interview, I have complete anxiety: How is this person going to spin me? So when you read, \u2018Oh, she\u2019s got a perfect life,\u2019 or \u2018Her life is crumbling\u2019, they pick narratives for everyone. And the narratives stick.\u201d\t<\/p>\n
Everyone\u2019s Definition of Perfect Is, Of Course, Different But Blake\u2019s Life Still Sounds Pretty Close <\/b> \t\t<\/p>\nSusan Z\u2019s Conclusion:\t<\/h2>\n
Blake said the magic words that all successful couples make about each other, \u201cthey were friends first.\u201d As a long-time Life Coach, I have repeatedly seen between couples, the gap of unrealistic \u201cover the moon\u201d expectations of the one they love but also how friendship first allows you to have spinach in your teeth and you still think they are wonderful.\n<\/p>\n
\tFour of Cups: \t<\/b>Inverted (Upside Down)
\nThis is feeling stuck and bored with life. Since pulled inverted, this shows exactly why their relationship works, keeping each other entertained with an authentic representation of self.\n<\/p>\n
The Hermit: \t \t<\/b>
\n Inverted
\nThis is one of isolation and going within to know oneself. Pulled inverted, it shows the comradery that Blake and Ryan have in their marriage. Everything out in the open and in partnership.\n<\/p>\n
\tAce of Swords: \t<\/b>
\nThis is cutting away old crap that is no longer needed. I feel this card also shows their ability to let the past be the past and move forward together. Very nice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So You Think Blake Lively And Ryan Reynolds\u2019 Life Is Perfect, Huh? Well, Blake says otherwise. Try as she might to convince us otherwise, Blake Lively is low-key winning at life. She has an ab-tastic husband who moonlights as a wise-cracking superhero? Check. Cashing Gossip Girls residual checks until the end of time? Check. LA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[630,568],"class_list":{"0":"post-7026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celeb-news","8":"tag-blake-lively","9":"tag-ryan-reynolds"},"yoast_head":"\n