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“Nothing has turned out as we expected. It never does. Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it’s no worse than it is.” - Gone With the Wind
Married life is shaping up to be as comfortable as it was when we were first dating. Oh, sure the entirely new concept of having to call each other ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ is in truth very bizarre and he and I both are having trouble remembering we’re married when filling out paperwork and such but for the most part it brings a certain awareness that we are counting on one another to be faithful. It’s richer… more centered, I think. There’s not that feeling of being unaccompanied or in a sense… peripatetic.
Sure, the arguments are still there and still so continual that it makes you question if you’ve done the right thing. (This really is very foolish because every relationship goes through little struggles every now and again…) And now we have even shorter tempers because Noa is with us 100% of the time as opposed to the few nights he stayed with his father. It’s fine, though. Loren and I make arrangements for each other to have our own ‘alone’ time (His being the tournaments on Tues. and Wed. and flag football on weekends and mine being the time with Keely now that she’s in town for a month).
We find ourselves in those genuinely entertaining moods most where just being with each other is enough. Some days we can’t keep our hands off each other and others we always keep our hands to ourselves. Some nights it’s trying to score points off each other by listing the faults we have but in the end, we’re always cuddling one another when we fall asleep that evening.
All in all, I’m actually content in life. Which is always a great thing.
Married life is shaping up to be as comfortable as it was when we were first dating. Oh, sure the entirely new concept of having to call each other ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ is in truth very bizarre and he and I both are having trouble remembering we’re married when filling out paperwork and such but for the most part it brings a certain awareness that we are counting on one another to be faithful. It’s richer… more centered, I think. There’s not that feeling of being unaccompanied or in a sense… peripatetic.
Sure, the arguments are still there and still so continual that it makes you question if you’ve done the right thing. (This really is very foolish because every relationship goes through little struggles every now and again…) And now we have even shorter tempers because Noa is with us 100% of the time as opposed to the few nights he stayed with his father. It’s fine, though. Loren and I make arrangements for each other to have our own ‘alone’ time (His being the tournaments on Tues. and Wed. and flag football on weekends and mine being the time with Keely now that she’s in town for a month).
We find ourselves in those genuinely entertaining moods most where just being with each other is enough. Some days we can’t keep our hands off each other and others we always keep our hands to ourselves. Some nights it’s trying to score points off each other by listing the faults we have but in the end, we’re always cuddling one another when we fall asleep that evening.
All in all, I’m actually content in life. Which is always a great thing.