This post Wedding Registry Checklist 101 - Get Erie Insurance is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com on behalf of Erie Insurance all opinions are my own Sitting at a wedding with my husband recently--I kept thinking -What Would You tell Your Bride to be Self about Marriage and more importantly what would be on your Wedding Registry Checklist 101? We will be married to for a total of 21 years this … [Read more...]
Are you married and proof that all wives do not cook and all husbands do not clean gutters?
So my husband just made his list and he checked it twice. Then he was off-no not off to go and chop wood, clean the gutters or grow some more hair on his chest- rather he was off to pick up a package of tofu and start planning his dinner menu. which leads me to my question: Are you married and proof that all wives do not cook and all husbands do not clean gutters? … [Read more...]
After 20 years of marriage my husband wants me to take his last name
When my husband and I got married 20 years ago-- EEK I cannot believe I am that old married lady married 20 years- but I digress...here I was a 25-year-old writer who was truly on the cusp of a career, and well I felt like my byline was something that was all mine. My name was uniquely me--and it honestly had nothing to do with this man I was about to marry. And after 20 years of marriage my … [Read more...]
Qualities a GREAT Spouse MUST Possess
I have many neuroses. Too many to jot down in this blog post- most unfounded but so steeped in guilt and so much a part of my character that I'd need years of out-patient behavior modification under the supervision of a trained professional to rid myself of them. And even then- after doing all that work- I still think I'd cling to many of my neuroses because wile I abhor them and how they … [Read more...]
3 Things I Learned About my Marriage This Week: Together We’re Everything
You would think after being married 19 years (this December 19th was 19 years of mostly wedded bliss if you overlook that time WE broke a radio and lamp fighting-- it was JUST ONCE pre-kids) it would be pretty hard for my husband to surprise me. And yet I had to share these 3 Things I Learned About my Marriage This Week: Together We're Everything After 19 years you would think I'd know … [Read more...]