Ten Things I Learned in 26 Years of Marriage
Number 1:
I had more June Cleaver, Claire Huxtable genes than I thought.
Nothing like love to make you feel oddly domestic in ways you swore you’d never do.
Number 2:
I don’t know where they got this from
but I did not find that 2 can live a cheaply as one.
Number 3:
People have financial personalities.
Savers gotta save. Spenders … have to get with the program.
Number 4:
A marriage will glide … for a while but sooner rather
than later you have to put your thrusters
back on before you lose too much altitude.
Number 5:
A sense of humor is invaluable.
Number 6:
You never get to stop talking about it. Ever.
Number 7:
Marriage counselors should be a go-to-whenever event
not a near-the-end-of–the-marriage event.
Number 8:
At some point you and your partner will find yourselves
hanging on for dear life trying to survive the kids.
Number 9:
Number 8 can last a long time … just sayin’.
Number 10:
You know you’ve got the right guy when the both
of you forget your wedding anniversary and both of you think it’s funny.