Tuesday, 19 August 2008
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Happy Birthday!!!
Yup, today was my marriage's first birthday. This time a year ago, I was lying in bed in a Marriott in Trumbull, CT with my new bride, spending our first night as husband and wife wrapped in each other's arms. The sleeping situation hasn't changed much, but the existence of this blog is proof enough that some things have
. About a week ago, a friend of mine who got married at the end of July asked me if "it's true what they say," about the first year of marriage being the hardest. I knew statistically, the 18-20th years are actually the most unhappy due to the beginning of empty nest, but all I said was if the first year is the hardest, I can't wait to see what the next few years are like, or the next 50 for that matter. The first thing we learned about anniversaries is YEAR OLD WEDDING CAKE TASTES LIKE CRAP!!!! Yeah, we each had about a half a bite and tasted everything that's been in our freezer for the past year. Needless to say, the top of our cake is now hanging out in the garbage. The rest of the day went well- my class got canceled, so we sat and watched the first karate kid movie. I took her to a 50s' diner for dinner- it's kind of been our thing ever since I proposed to her in one- then we watched parts 2 and 3 of the Karate Kid. It was a pretty fantastic day. Newbaby had his first experience with a babysitter- for about an hour- and most likely his last for many months. He was fine, but we were nervous the whole time. All in all, it was a great day, and a great year.
Still looking for cloth diapers for Newbaby- we don't want the rectangular ones, but they're only the ones we can find. If anyone knows where we can find the kind that look like real diapers and don't require pinning, please let us know.
Happy my anniversary, everyone.
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Comments (5)
Happy Anniversary! The first couple of years were rough on my husband and I but we survived still happily married.
The rectangular diapers aka prefolds along with covers are the cheapest. That is what I use, no pins but I do use a snappi (a little T with small claws to hook the diaper and keep it together). Pockets and All-in-ones get higher up on the price list, about $15-$20 each but they are super easy to use and many feel the convenience is worth the price. Not to mention that a majority of the diapers will survive through many children so if you plan on having more children is it a very good investment no matter which style of diapers you decide to use. This is a good place to start. I also really like this site. If you have any questions, you just have to ask.
Happy Anniversary. It's interesting that you cite those statistics about which year is the hardest - I've never even thought of looking into that.
@TornadoChaser - thanls for the link! We'll definitely look in to those.
@moritheil@xanga - As with any stats, those can be misleading. There is a pretty standard "curve of happiness" in marriage that declines steadily over the first 20 or so years of the average marriage and then takes an up turn around year 22 or so. The way marital happiness is guaged, it's not that hard to understand why having a teenager in the house- as most do around year 18- would make things less happy. It's also not hard to understand why, when at least one child has left home, happiness would increase- not because you finally got rid of your child, but because you see the "finished product" and are able to acknowledge that you did a decent job of parenting.
When it comes down to it, having children distracts from marriage, a distracted marriage is a less happy one. That doesn't necessarily mean that the least happy years are the most difficult, they might actually just be the most distracted.
On our one-year anniversary (just over a month ago!), we didn't even bother with the cake.. we just dumped it in the trash. I was hoping for a nice anniversary dinner but couldn't find a sitter, so the four of us wound up going to IHOP for a family meal. Abstinance before marriage is great, but even that didn't stop us from getting two kids!
Glad to hear your anniversary went so well. Congrats!
happy 1st anniversary!!! and many more!!!!