More and More Every Day

 
I love my hubs more and more every day.  Yes, I admit, there are times when he annoys me or aggravates me and I want to bop him on the head.  It happens quite often actually.  But even then, I still love him.

What I really love about being married, especially to him, is always having a partner.  I think because we met and got married under such weird circumstances we never really got to enjoy being a couple like other normal American couples.  In Honduras, although we spent a lot of time together, we didn't go out on dates or actually go too many places together - we mainly just hung out.  We lived in a VERY small town of 1700 people and there was NOTHING to do - sometimes there was no electricity let alone a movie theater.  There wasn't even a theater within four hours of us.  Plus, he worked seven days a week on the only method of transportation in town - so if he wasn't working it meant that the bus wasn't going anywhere.  A few times we did get to go on a "date", like when the sketchy Honduran circus came to town (think circuses of years past - very, very sketchy) or when there was a BBQ-like fundraiser for the church.  That's about it.

Then we were apart for three years and then he moved here and three months later we got married.  So - not so much of a courtship in our past.  However, now that we're married and settling down into a married pattern, we get to enjoy each others company in a way we never did before.  And it's GREAT.  I officially have someone to eat dinner with every night, go running with, run errands with, drag to the grocery store, wash my car, do manly things like take out the trash and carry heavy things up the stairs because I'm too lazy, go to the gym, play bocci ball, play cards, etc.  I love it.

Before I had my lovely sister to do these things with, but let's face it, I could only force her to do so many things.  She wasn't compelled to do everything I asked.  She was actually compelled to do things with her hubs - which often left me hanging out alone or running errands alone - and always running alone.

So - this married things is going quite well.  I realize had we had more of a traditional relationship we would have been doing these things together while dating.  However, that was not the case.  And to be honest, I didn't have any real boyfriends before Mr. Hubs so I never shared this type of relationship with anyone.  I think I'm liking it though.

And now we're off to the gym - the coolest place to be on a Friday night!  Right?  Okay, maybe not but we're completely broke until pay day so it'll have to do!