Vibrating Geek » marriage http://vibratinggeek.com Relationships. With Batteries. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:12:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Things they don’t tell you about being married http://vibratinggeek.com/2009/03/things-they-dont-tell-you-about-being-married/ http://vibratinggeek.com/2009/03/things-they-dont-tell-you-about-being-married/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:30:43 +0000 Fiona http://vibratinggeek.com/?p=115 A few months ago there was a ‘lifestyle’ article at CNN that listed a number of drawbacks to being married that no one ever tells you. I won’t mention that clearly people DO tell you as it was on Oprah.com and linked to from the front page of CNN. Hard to pretend those are secrets, y’know?

One of the bad things was: this is the person you’re going to wake up next to for the rest of your life.

Wait, WHAT? This is a drawback? I absolutely adore waking up next to Cam every day. Really.

I’ve come up with my own list of things they don’t tell you about being married.

  1. It’s awesome. Seriously. Think about the greatest thing that happened to you. Now imagine having that great thing Every Single Day. Nothing prepared me for how great it is to live with someone I love so much.
  2. It’s hard. Having to consider someone else in every decision? Apologizing even when you don’t really think you were wrong? Living with someone all the time, dealing with their stress as well as your own? Yeah. Hard.
  3. It’s easy. Having someone around to share the burdens of life? A companion who will bring you a drink (tea, martini, coffee) when you’re too busy. Someone to remind you to take care of yourself when your stress levels go through the roof? It’s easy.
  4. It’s fun. Shared jokes, shared experiences, shared laughter.
  5. Cookies.
Being married rocks.
Even after years and years and years.
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