Friday, July 8, 2011

Friday Five

Our 2 year anniversary is coming up next month and it got me to thinking about all the things people told us about marriage. Lots of people gave us advice and some people made certain comments that have stuck with me.


1. Never go to bed mad. I have found this to be something that I do not agree with. I think sometimes going to bed mad can be the best thing. You both get a chance to cool down and don't say something that you will regret in the morning.


2. Don't expect to get any gifts like that once your married. Gift giving has definitely changed since we got married. I think this is mostly because we use the same account and so we see everything the other person buys. So in other words I think the surprise part can be hard to pull off. I also have found that when I'm buying Lance something, I think about it a lot more. For example, if I go to buy him a birthday gift, I think about if what I am buying is something that Lance would want enough to buy himself.


3. You'll have to learn to cook. Well I knew how to cook before I got married but I have definitely advanced my cooking skills since then. I found it pretty funny that no one ever told Lance he'd have to learn to cook. Since I'm home more, I do most of the cooking. However, If I'm sick, busy, or having one of those kinds of days where the last thing I want to do is cook...I can count on Lance to make something. He's actually a pretty good cook. He likes to experiment a lot more than I do. I like to stick to what I know or the instructions of something new I've picked out. Plus, he does all the grilling at our house. Which I love!


4. Talk about your problems. I think this was some pretty good advice. Sometimes it's hard to move on from a situation without talking about it. Lance would probably tell you that I often keep my feelings in. I hate to admit it but it's true. It often takes me awhile to want to talk about somethings but once I finally do, I always feel so much better.


5. Girls just wanna have fun, so you better be fun. Yes, someone told Lance this when we got married or something similar. So true!

4 comments:

Jen said...

Haha! I can't believe two years have flown by so quickly. I love all of the photos.

Anonymous said...

Happy Anniversary!!!! It goes by so fast doesn't it? The hubby and I are 3 1/2 years in and loving every moment of it.

Kat said...

First and foremost, OMG those pictures are to DIE for. Second - WTF about the gifts. I really want gifts. This is so unfair. True but so unfair. And thirdly - we actually changed the "don't go to bed mad" to "stop fighting and sleep on it" because the fights kept us up all night. Now we wake up and forget what we were fighting about.

Kat said...

Oh and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (sorry that should have been #1)