A Newlywed Truth

And so it begins...

Allow me to set the scene:

Mike and I spent the weekend with my parents and pulled in Friday night to hugs, kisses, and general catching up. My parents are in the kitchen and Mike and I are sitting in the family room and a cell phone commercial comes on the tv...

Me: "Hey, mom and dad guess what... Mike and I have decided to take the next step in our relationship"...

Mom and Dad turn towards each other, my mom lets out a squeal reaching dolphin whistle decibels and my dad's eyes jump out of their sockets... there's jumping, and arms reaching high, am I painting a lovely picture for you folks.... meanwhile I stop dead in my tracks.

Needless to say, they were quite disappointed when I followed, what can only be described as an explosion, with the news that Mike and I have officially merged our cell phone bills creating what is known as a "family plan"... I really think this is exciting but, as you can see, in this situation it was very much not exciting. 

After I returned from my mild, screech-induced state of shock I couldn't help but think for the love of Pete, put a lid on this pressure cooker! It feels like we just came out of the wedding day haze and you are this freakin excited to take on a whole new realm of craziness it's so nice to know we'll be supported when the time comes.

In all honesty, this really was quite flattering. Although Mike and I are still very much in our newlywed state-of-mind, I will admit the idea of kids doesn't panic me as much as it used to. And when I say panic I truly mean it, devoting my life to little kids has made me terrified to bring my own into the world, terrified I tell you. For example, I used to think, "good lord, we can barely make time for each other, there's no way we can have kids!" Recently, however, I've taken a good, honest look at how Mike and I spend our free time and I'm starting to think our actual reaction when we have a family will be more along the lines of... "good lord we wasted a h*ll of a lot of time!" For those of you doubting what I'm saying, I thank you for your kindness but trust me, if you knew the average time I roll out of bed on the weekends, let alone change out of my pj's, and how much we both stretch the capacity of one washing machine I assure you, I speak the truth. 

Regardless, my loyal readers, this will remain a newlywed blog for quite sometime. We want to be sure to soak up every minute of our time as responsibly-irresponsible DINKS (dual income no kids).