Sunday, August 17th, 2008...9:23 pm
Marriage, for real
I’m taking a stab at the writing prompt Jenny offered this week: Marriage in real life.
Well. What can I say about marriage? In the big scheme of things, it’s fairly early yet. I’m going on 7 years. Just one dog year, actually. Hm, seemed longer.
Even though I was 35 when I got married in Belize or maybe because I was 35 and got married in Belize, I still had fantasies going into the institution. Let’s compare my fantasy/pre-marriage versus reality:
Fantasy One: We’ll feel so giddy and gooey about each other all the time!
Reality: That glittery glow fades once you start bickering about stupid crap like whether the cutting board should stay out all the time or get put away (put away, right?).
Fantasy Two: We’ll have hot, passionate sex anytime we want.
Reality: We’ll have a hot, passionate daughter all the time.
Fantasy Three: Each night we’ll spoon together, snuggling our way into dreamland!
Reality: 3 words – KING-SIZED BED (or is that 2 words?).
Fantasy Four: Each night we’ll spoon together, whispering sweet nothings as we snuggle our way into dreamland!
Reality: 2 words — EAR PLUGS, due to the snoring wars.
Fantasy Five: Each night we’ll spoon together and sometimes have hot, passionate sex in the midst of that dreamland haze.
Reality: We’ll have the aforementioned, hot, passionate daughter climbing into the aforementioned king-sized bed, ruining the spooning and the other.
Yes, married life has many realities you may not anticipate, but at the end of the day, you share a home and build a life with a person who has promised to stick by you, even if you start blogging about him, and love you anyway.
[I am told the hubs may have a different set of fantasy/reality.]
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18 Comments
August 17th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I love this. Perfect.
bananass last blog post..Marriage in real life
August 17th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
but I have to go with cutting board OUT. Because I’m lazy.
bananass last blog post..Marriage in real life
August 17th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Ditto to all that except, after 12 years of marriage and three kids, erm, that hot passionate sex is replaced with hot passionate love of all things chocolate or carb-a-licious!
August 17th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Board out… Except for when I get majorly ambitious and it is put away for about ten minutes before it’s out again, seemingly for good.
Great post!
August 18th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Ha! Well, enjoy that king-size as best you can. A bed that size IS my fantasy. ‘Specially since we have a baby and random little people visiting throughout the night!
It All Started With A Kisss last blog post..Real love in the real world
August 18th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Fun post! I leave my glass cutting board out, but my plastic ones are in the drawer.
My husband and I are cuddlers, so we tend to spoon to go to sleep… and we have been interrupted in the middle of a little mommy and daddy “play-time” by the little one. Don’t you just love surprises?
Honey Mommys last blog post..Marriage 101
August 18th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Great post.
You hit what marriage is about right on the head. I should know, I loved it so much, I’m on my second…
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August 18th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Fantasy: you will one day build your dream house together.
Reality: your husband will build his dream smoker in the back yard by himself.
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August 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I’m not getting married now. Not that I’d had anything planned, mind you.
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August 18th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Cutting board ALWAYS put away.
One of these days I hope to get married, just haven’t found a guy brave enough to take the plunge. Thought I did once BUT…..nope, not brave enough.
Lucky you!
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August 18th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
..ummm…cutting board out… LOL!
August 19th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Cutting board PUT AWAY! I have cats. I don’t relish the ideas of cat butts on my cutting board. icky.
Love this post…and I concur! Especially the part about where kids just ruin all the hot, passionate, spooning fun. Oh. Wait. You didn’t say that. I did. Ha.
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August 20th, 2008 at 12:03 am
We have two “hot passionate” boys. I understand completely.
Perfect post for the topic.
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August 22nd, 2008 at 7:10 am
I love this- and I may just steal the idea…
Happy POW.
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August 23rd, 2008 at 5:58 am
Isn’t that just the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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August 23rd, 2008 at 7:57 am
My poor husband does have to wear earplugs. LOL
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August 23rd, 2008 at 8:25 am
Oh too funny!! You got them down!
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:38 am
This is great. I think it would be even better if you could get your hubby to write his own fantasies and realities list on marriage. That would be interesting.
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