You know you've been married long when...

[irishbosoxfan]

You found a man who will give up the remote???

He didn't come that way--It took years of conditioning

 

[meandmytwogirls]

You found a man who will give up the remote???

He's no real man! A real man wouldn't do that.

PS - We can't be conditioned, we just give up since that is much better than having to hear the constant nagging!!

 

[AlleyKat]

....you consider it snuggling in bed when your knees touch

....he automatically hands you the remote when you walk into the tv room

YEESSSS!!!!

 

[Arielle22]

When I tell him "why don't we pretend we already had this argument so we can be over being mad". Then I can play out both sides of the argument (what I would say and what he would say). He finds it funny so it breaks the tension if we are fighting.

 

[Piglets Mommy]

He didn't come that way--It took years of conditioning

I guess mine still needs a few more years of conditioning, then! We've been married for 12 years and have been together for 15, but he's not even CLOSE to giving up the remote!

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

You don't feel the need to be all PDA all the time, or ever.

^ that goes for my parents, who've been married for over 25 years. seeing them hug, kiss or hold hands is such a rarity, and it's really cute when they do.

 

[Val]

not only married long enough, but parent to 3 teen girls....he not only buys pads/tampons- but knows which ones to get for which girl! (DS13 hides...it may be a few years before he gets over those scars!).

 

[MELSMICE]

You know you've been married long when you run errands together, he drops you off at the door & he waits in the car for you while you actually do the errand. Then when you walk out he picks you up at the front door.

We'll be married 22 years in October, but I laugh whenever we do this because it reminds me of my grandparents!

 

[irishbosoxfan]

....He now just eats whatever you put in front of him because he ran out of complaints about your cooking a long time ago

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Oooh! I thought of one!

When you walk in the family room and he's sitting in "your" spot (which is, of course, the best spot), he automatically gets up and gives it to you.

....He now just eats whatever you put in front of him because he ran out of complaints about your cooking a long time ago

Yikes! I'm fairly certain DH knows it will take only one complaint from him and he'll be making his own meals for life.

 

[suejai]

We are currently on deployment # 3-i have a routine that i get in when im alone-when hes not deployed i live for drill weekends-so i can sleep til noon and read til 3 in the morning. Dont get me wrong-i miss him terribly-but you cope by developing routines that are entirely yours and you miss those routines when they come home.

I do the same thing, DH works a 9 on 5 off schedule and works about 6 hours away so so he is gone most of the time. I have developed some routines like reading quite late until I feel sleepy, which I can't do when he is home. Obviously I would rather have him home, but you sure do get used to sleeping alone and being able to stretch out.

Oooh! I thought of one!

When you walk in the family room and he's sitting in "your" spot (which is, of course, the best spot), he automatically gets up and gives it to you. /QUOTE]

I have a 'spot' too, DH makes anyone sitting in it scatter when I walk in the room.


You know you've been married a long time when the silences are just as comfortable as the conversations. Our favourite thing is to sit on the couch with laptops and our morning coffee. We will read each other bits and pieces of what we are reading.

 

[DebIreland]

... when he has a headache/sore toe/paper cut and you roll your eyes instead of running for a band-aid or paracetamol like you used to do 20 years ago.

 

[NewfieMom]

When you go tandem parasailing at Castaway Cay, and as you fly over the banana boat excursion, you both say - at the EXACT same time - "We could pee on them!"

 

[JEmaryland]

When he regularly asks to to pull his finger and you comply without a second thought.


Or is that just us?