The Top Ten Reasons You Shouldn't Get Married--REPOSTED DUE TO BLOGGER'S MISTAKES!

Jess and Wes: Just kidding. We decided it was about time for us to have a fun, sing-a-long blog. Well, you can try to sing-a-long, at least. We've been kind of heavy on the theology/difficult life situations aspect recently, so we're just going to write a list of the top ten things we've learned since getting married. Some will be funny, some will be true, some will be both funny and true.

So here's our marriage list:

1. Wes and I have VERY different ideas about what is "clean enough." We have worked out a good system, though: Wes makes a mess until I can't stand it, and then I move all of the piles of stuff into his office and close the door.
2. Sharing is caring--it's also much more difficult than it sounds. Wes and I have been sharing not only a house, responsibilities, movie choices, etc., but a car for almost a year and a half now. I think it's actually become easier as time goes on, but, more importantly, it's taught us about respecting the other person's time and needs. I'm excited that we'll be free of this occasional burden by the end of the month, but I'm actually going to miss the "forced" time together and recognizing that sometimes it's okay to get up and leave two hours early to share a 30 minute commute with your spouse.
3. Keeping an extra blanket at the foot of the bed is a necessity when your wife is a registered covers hog. Keeping a tight grip on your pillow throughout the night is a necessity when your husband has been known to steal said pillows and deposit them on the other side of the room while sleep walking.
4. "What's mine is yours" only applies to the man. "What's mine is mine AND what's yours is mine" is what women say. :-D
5. Being married doesn't change everything. Yes, we spend a ton of time together, share a home, etc., but that doesn't change the fact that we like to hold hands, joke around, and just act like we've only been dating for a couple of weeks. And that's awesome.
6. Money is lame. Sharing money doesn't make it any less lame.
7. Play fighting is fun, but you have to make sure that bystanders are not in listening or seeing distance (AKA repairmen, waiters, etc...). They might think that your threatening to stab your partner is in fact valid.
8. There is a limit to how much two-player Mario and Donkey Kong can be played before one or both of you end up throwing a controller across the room while saying very un-pastorly things.
9. Allowing your husband to tell houseguests that "naked Tuesday" is mandatory may make everyone uncomfortable...especially since "naked Tuesday" doesn't exist. Is there some machine that lets me know what he's thinking before he says it?
10. Marriage is better than we had expected. Yes, it takes work, but it is absolutely wonderful--a definite blessing from God.