This week, my husband and I are celebrating ten years of marriage, a.k.a. “happily ever after.” This is the Picture-Story of whatever the hell that means.
That was Then and This Is Now…
Weddings are a very strange beginning. We’ve found that nothing about ours translated into real life:
At our wedding, we expected to share everything always. Now, we know better.
At our wedding, we prayed for ourselves, our future, our families, our careers, etc. Now, we just pray for the goddamn train to arrive.
At our wedding, a chauffeur paraded us around in an antique car. Now, our Mini Cooper gets ticketed and we make a scene fighting about it.
At our wedding, we surrounded ourselves with fancy flowers. Now, they are a waste of money.
At our wedding, my husband escorted me carefully down a white runner. Now, he makes me take the bus.
At our wedding, we danced and danced and danced. Now, we drink and drink and drink…
Is This Happily Ever After?
Yes, things are quite different from how they were at our wedding, but every day with this guy is special:
He sometimes makes me breakfast. I always ignore him until I’ve had my coffee.
We try our best at all the adult things, like grocery shopping…
And bills, bills, bills…
But we take our pastry selection most seriously.
We have very different hobbies/obsessions…
But we make an effort to enjoy some down time together.
He doesn’t hesitate to invest in my happiness…
Even though he sometimes stops me from buying happiness myself.
He’s usually very supportive…
And he keeps me grounded through the highest ups and smiling through the lowest downs.
But my favorite thing about the last ten years is that, no matter where we are or what we are doing, we are our own little party.
Final Food for Thought…
Who needs champagne when the chicken wings are this good?
Special thanks to all of our Hoboken neighbors, especially our friends at the German Bakery, Show Nail & Spa, Aspen Marketplace, and 10th & Willow for letting us take these hilarious anniversary portraits.