I'm currently in the process of converting my old Google account, which was essentially firstnamelastname@gmail.com, to my new Google account, which is the same thing with my married last name. As soon as I was engaged, I created that account, just in case any other Andrea Kanises out there were in a hurry to claim that Google name. I'm also considering buying the domain name. Anyways, I'm in the process of trying to move all of my old Google info to this account, but Google doesn't have a simple "Move your account," button, so it's taking a few weeks. I've just moved this blog to my new email, which is why it was on my mind.
Anyways, now I'm married and all that. Let me tell you something I've learned about married life: it sounds very boring. I mean this honestly. People keep asking me, "How's married life?" My response is always, "Oh, it's good!" I'm not sure what else to say, maybe something like, "Yeah... not so great, really... starting to rethink my choices..." In all honesty, though, it is good. There's just nothing fun to say about it. Sometimes, when people press beyond the "It's good," response, I'll try to let them know what married life is like. Example:
"Well, I did change my legal name and my license. Luckily, it only took about 30 minutes at the DMV, can you believe it? I finally have a new driver's license without that terrible picture of me when I was 16 and hadn't done my bangs properly that morning. Oh, and Mike and I spent yesterday deciding whether it would be cheaper to put me on his dental insurance or mine. I've never had a cavity, but I don't feel comfortable going without dental insurance, this would certainly be the year I broke a tooth. We ended up going with the one offered by my work. Oh, and we finally set up my 401k. Want to hear about that?? Oh wait, maybe that's something your not supposed to talk about, like salaries and politics and whatnot. [Note: Once your an "adult" with adult jobs and whatnot, conversation DOES become more limited. It's frustrating, because suddenly these rules of etiquette about what you can and can't discuss apply.] Oh, and let me tell you about my job! I--"
I will cut my monologue off here, because the account handbook at work says that we need to be discreet about work in our blogs, but I can assure you that my job is not interesting. I have a very boring, normal sort of office job. While I do love my boring office job, I can promise you that it is not fun to talk about, as Mike can verify. I have spent many days telling him about the intricacies of how our company works, only to realize that he is in no way interested, nor would any normal person be.
Anyways, that's married life. I can tell you that it is quite a happy time, but it is not interesting to talk about.
1 comment:
lol... yeah. That's kind of how you know you're supposed to be married though. When it feels normal. I guess it used to be more interesting when people could hardly be together without a chaperone before they were married. I bet it would be crazy suddenly moving out of your parents house for the first time to live with man when you'd hardly ever been away from home/ alone with a man. And then all the new housewife duties you were responsible for like cooking and cleaning etc... for the two of you. Now with things like going away to college and women getting jobs/careers it's pretty much the same as when you were dating someone- just now you're together all the time instead of just most the time. lol
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