This is an example of how we behave towards each other, and why our friends tend to make barfing noises when the witness it happening.
Aaaand this is an example of what happens when you’re not only lucky enough to find the love of your life, but also successfully trick them into thinking that you’re theirs.
Someone at work asked me last week what married life is like. I had to think about the best way to answer. After a moment I said:
“Marriage to someone you love, who you’re lucky enough to have love you back? If you’re doing it right it should scare the hell out of you. You want to give them everything and take nothing for yourself, because they’re more important to you than you are to yourself. It’s standing at a door and saying “no no, after you,” for five minutes. Or the “no, you hang up” thing except not that because everybody fucking hates that. Being married means being stronger, better, and more worried than you thought you could be, every day. And happier. If you’re doing it right, you’ll be amazed at what you thought true happiness was before you found ‘the one’. Because you had no clue back then.”
At that point, my work buddy kinda went “uh…huh,” and went back to his desk. And I went and texted Jeff just to say hey, because he’s my guy and I’m his and we start to jones for a text or two between us by lunch or so. Mr. Work-Buddy is young and likes his freedom and he’s his own first priority- which is fine when you’re that age and not interested in spending your life with one single person.
I have a friend named Jared who recently got engaged to his long-time boyfriend Wayne. They’re pretty young but the way Jared talks about him, I think they’ll get what I mean.
