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Thanks for Invading My Shower Space
Posted on August 3, 2012 by Ching under Confessions, Relationship.
A couple of minutes into my shower this evening, Brian comes up, taps on the door, and asks, “Can I rinse off?”
“Umm… Sure,” I say.
“Can I brush my teeth?” he asks as he steps into the shower.
“Uh, okay.” I think I gave him a look because he goes, “What?”
“If you wanted to shower with me you should have just asked. Thanks for invading my personal shower space.”
“Well, if you wanted to shower by yourself you should have said so.”
I couldn’t help but laugh at this preposterous statement, but he’s right. I’d almost forgotten how weird we are, and was reminded just then. We always shower together. And when I say always, I mean it. I don’t think Brian has showered by himself for over a year. (Brian just corrected me and said it has been several years.)
So showering together is the norm for us. Whereas the norm would be showering separately and asking to shower together on occasion for other couples. If he’s in the shower, I’m going to be in there showering with him pretty much 100% of the time. If I’m in the shower, he’s probably going to shower with me about 95% of the time. So he’s right. It’s pretty much assumed that we’re showering together unless I specify otherwise beforehand.
Anyway, I figured that I would have the shower by myself today because I wanted to shave my legs. It’s been a month since I’d done it. Don’t even start. I know it’s weird, but I really hate shaving (that’s why I had laser hair removal done on my underarms and get waxed everywhere else). I don’t even shave my legs in the winter unless I absolutely have to. Thankfully, it doesn’t bother Brian. He said that you can’t really tell. I think it starts to bother me before he even notices, but it usually doesn’t start to bug me for at least a couple of weeks. But I digress… I’ll remember to tell him ahead of time if I want the shower to myself next time.
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The Blog Has a New Title
Posted on July 28, 2012 by Ching under Life, Relationship.
In case you haven’t noticed, the blog has a new title. With our 10th wedding anniversary (yes, it’s only 13 days away) coming up, I figured it was time to retire the “Life After Marriage” title. LOL.
There is life after marriage. We’ve proven that. Just read through the 10 years worth of blog entries on this site. It’s been an amazing 10 years for sure. Each year continues to get better than the last. But I digress… Now that we’ve been married for a decade, I’m pretty much just blogging about “life” and not so much married life.
The significance of the new title is that I always get picked on for taking pictures and “documenting” everything that I do. But hey, everyone will get old and lose their memory sooner or later (hopefully, later). At least, I’ll have my blog to fall back on and remind me of the wonderful life I’ve lived. How many people can say that?
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The Best Wife Ever!
Posted on July 15, 2012 by Brian under Life, Relationship.
See that woman hanging on my shoulder. If there was a “Best Wife in America”, she would win it, every year.
She is the most supportive, understanding and loving wife. When I am down, she cheers me up, if I have one of my self doubting moments (and I have quite a few) she kicks me in the ass and tells me to suck it up and do better. Because of her I am a better person.
Now, I know that everyone says that about their wives, but I am actually a better person because of my wife. You see, before I met my wife I was very content on just doing the bare minimum to get by. After I met my wife she started improving herself, getting a better job, getting a better education. After a while I realized that just doing the bare minimum was not going to be enough for her. I loved her so much that I was worried that she would wake up one day and look at me and realize that she could do better. So I tried improving my self in the ways that I knew how. I improved my personality (it used to be pretty bad), I improved the way I looked (that was also somewhat bad), I improved my job (actually trying for promotions instead of just doing the easy things) and then realized that I could improve myself further and further. I was amazed at how much I could improve if I just applied myself a little. If I had not met my wife, I would have never realized what I could accomplish.
I am so grateful for all that she has given me. Without her I would not be the person I am today. I hope that I can continue to improve myself and make you proud.
I love you baby. Forever and always.
(As a bonus, she is also beautiful and intelligent.)
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Couples Who Read Together, Stay Together
Posted on April 5, 2012 by Ching under Confessions, Relationship.
Zumba used to be the thing that I most looked forward to in my day. Of late, my most favorite part of the day is bedtime because I get to read to Brian. I really enjoy reading to him before bed, and I’m glad that he enjoys having me read to him. My need to read to someone aloud is a need I didn’t even realize I had until Brian started letting me do it. He finds this funny because he didn’t realize that my need to read aloud was a need that needed fulfilling. I really look forward to crawling into bed at the end of the day and reading to him. It’s almost therapeutic.
When we finished Ender’s Game
I can read pretty fast so I was thinking that I could probably finish it in one day. Even aloud, the chapters are only taking about 20 minutes. I’m only reading a chapter a night before Brian’s ready for bed. I’m guessing it will take us a while to finish the book; which is a bummer because I’m ready to read the next book already (possibly because I’ve already seen the movie and know what happens next). Oh, well.
So what about you guys? Is there something (anything) that you and your partner enjoy doing together? Brian and I are probably pretty abnormal in that we enjoy doing everything together. We like to watch movies, play poker, and travel together. As a matter of fact, Brian absolutely hates traveling without me. Now we can add reading to this list. About the only thing he doesn’t like doing with me is Zumba. So what about you? What’s on your list?
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I Forgive You
Posted on February 5, 2012 by Ching under Family, Relationship, Travel.
We headed to our hotel after having brunch at Oldwest Cafe. At the time, we had no idea that the hotel was just down the street from the restaurant so we had to rely on Max (our GPS) who wanted us to take the freeway. Max is prone to calling out turns and exits a little late and Brian is prone to driving over the speed limit so we ended up missing our exit. We missed a couple more exits which prompted me to say, “You know it’s okay to slow down if you’re not sure where you’re going.”
“I can’t hear her (referring to Max) when you’re talking!” Brian snapped at me.
Unfazed I replied, “I’m not upset with you for being grouchy at me because I know that you’re only mad at yourself.” The entire car erupted in laughter. Brian’s mom and dad got a kick out of it.
Brian was like, “That’s the problem with having an educated wife. The FUs tend to be lengthier.” LOL.
We did finally manage to find our way to the hotel. We realized later that Max was being a turd. We could have gotten from the restaurant to the hotel without having to hop on the freeway. Go figure.
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