Words meme from lillibet from dpolicar

[chanaleh]

I woke up at 5:30 today -- worse than usual, I've been getting to 6 or 6:30 and occasionally even to the 7:15 alarm of late -- so hey, I'm using the time to finish up this long-overdue entry.

Reply to this meme [by yelling (or even saying gently) "Words!"] and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain

Comments

[xiphias]

So, yeah, there have been moments already when I think "a year ago, we would absolutely have broken up over this". But being married means that you don't just give up when it gets hard. Having made that commitment -- not just to each other, but to your families, your communities, your health insurance company -- you have to find a way to come together on it. That's what it means to me.

Yes, this.

Also, words?

[chanaleh]

Callahan's. Sideburns. Kindness. Work. Librarians.

Hmm. Ok.

[cycon]

Words.

(And why did I just get an image in my head of David Tennant playing Hamlet?)

Re: Hmm. Ok.

[chanaleh]

Career. Musicianship. Gilbertian. Baritone. magickcat.

[mangosteen]

Words!

[chanaleh]

Ambition. Humor. Exercise. Power. Flute.

[enochs_fable]

I'm glad you did this meme.

The reason marriage is such an adjustment is that it forces you to Deal With Things that you never dealt with before. Everything you've swept under the rug up until now in your relationship? Suddenly says "Hi, we're here and we're not going away! All your various strategies of not-dealing are Not Sustainable! Nyaaaaah!"

It's funny (in a wry, rather than ha-ha) sort of way how making the commitment of marriage changes things, ever so subtly, to force you to confront all those areas in your relationship. Sure, you can still find ways to ignore them (and I'm sure we all know people who have done this) but as rough as that adjustment can sometimes be, I believe it offers a way toward growth.

[miraclaire]

Words, please!

[chanaleh]

Yiddish. Interfaith. Bells. Dorchester. Virginia.