My Life: A Portrait
Holy crap, you guys! It's been awhile.
So, married now. The "being married" part has been super easy. Nothing has really changed. Our relationship is the same, we love each other the same, the interaction with all of the children is the same. But man, once you put that label on it, things get kinda weird with the people around you. Here's some examples:
1) Now everyone and their brother wants to hang out. No one cared before, but now, we are asked to do "couple things" with other couples. Honestly, I don't want to do them now any more than I wanted to do it before.
2) We BOTH changed our last names. It seemed like the logical thing to do: we started a new life together, so it only stood to reason that we would have a "together" name. But people are apparently not prepared for the man to change their name. Some businesses aren't even set up to do it efficiently. Weird.
3) People expect commiseration with things that they never did before, and that's weird. "Husbands, amirite??" type of things.
It's a little strange, but I like it. It's interesting to explore this whole different part of society and see how it all works.
Ah, life.
So, married now. The "being married" part has been super easy. Nothing has really changed. Our relationship is the same, we love each other the same, the interaction with all of the children is the same. But man, once you put that label on it, things get kinda weird with the people around you. Here's some examples:
1) Now everyone and their brother wants to hang out. No one cared before, but now, we are asked to do "couple things" with other couples. Honestly, I don't want to do them now any more than I wanted to do it before.
2) We BOTH changed our last names. It seemed like the logical thing to do: we started a new life together, so it only stood to reason that we would have a "together" name. But people are apparently not prepared for the man to change their name. Some businesses aren't even set up to do it efficiently. Weird.
3) People expect commiseration with things that they never did before, and that's weird. "Husbands, amirite??" type of things.
It's a little strange, but I like it. It's interesting to explore this whole different part of society and see how it all works.
Ah, life.
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