Getting Married

[H46Bubba]

Welcome to the fraternal order of married men! Now make sure you build your "man cave" or scout out the location of your "escape hideout". You'll need one or the other to survive!

[poser765]

So uh...how is the honeymoon going? Get any sleep last night? Or like me where you so worn out the wedding and the 4 hour drive to the cruise ship that all you did was sleep?

[dcramer16]

Originally Posted by H46Bubba

Welcome to the fraternal order of married men! Now make sure you build your "man cave" or scout out the location of your "escape hideout". You'll need one or the other to survive!

Hee hee! Already have one.

Originally Posted by poser765

So uh...how is the honeymoon going? Get any sleep last night? Or like me where you so worn out the wedding and the 4 hour drive to the cruise ship that all you did was sleep?

Hey everyone, the honeymoon is going great!! The cememony was great. Absolutely b-e-a-utiful! Now we're out in Glacier National Park camping for the next week. We've never been camping before, so we'll give it a week, and if we're not bored out of our minds we'll give it another week. We're gonna do a bunch of hiking, and fishing. There's also a few pretty good sized FBO's up here, so I'm gonna walk around with a bucket and a rag, washing planes, and see if I can't get a damn job too!!!

[poser765]

LOL probably should have gone camping BEFORE you got married. A week without a modern bathroom will tell any man if the woman he is with is a keeper.

Ok on a serious note. Sounds like fun. Congrats again, sir.

Oh maybe some advice. Remember this things.

1. She is Right.
2. "if you want to, go ahead" is NOT permision to do it anyway
3. Apologize before she does. You lose if she apologizes to you. Questions see no. 1.

[swinte00]

The two words that will make your life from this point forward much easier:

Yes, Dear!

[MFT1Air]

Originally Posted by fly22

Marriage is awesome, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Marriage is work, compromise, and sacrifice. . .a whole lot of sacrifice.

Think long and hard before you choose (if the conversation hasn't come up already) to transition into the parenting.

Even more work, compromise, and sacrifice.

. . .and occasionally, fun.

[dcramer16]

Originally Posted by MFT1Air

Marriage is work, compromise, and sacrifice. . .a whole lot of sacrifice.

Think long and hard before you choose (if the conversation hasn't come up already) to transition into the parenting.

Even more work, compromise, and sacrifice.

. . .and occasionally, fun.

I was actually a single parent for years before I met her. Then when we started dating, she started helping take care of my daughter. For the past 3 years she's been a full time Mom. She keeps wanting to have one, but I keep putting it off. I tell her that I'm a furloughed pilot and while living in my parents basement may seem nice, nows not the right time....

We had a great honeymoon everyone! Thanks for the well wishes. We're back home again, back to the same grind of looking for work. We're planning on vacationing in Dallas this summer for a few weeks, then I can go to a few FBO's and talk to someone face to face.

[Joe Gremlin]

Originally Posted by MFT1Air

Marriage is work, compromise, and sacrifice. . .a whole lot of sacrifice.

Maybe my case is unique, but loneliness and the longing for a mate are about the only things I think I've had to sacrifice since I got married. Work? If you call keeping three cars maintained instead of just one work, then yeah I guess its a bit more work than before. Compromise? Yes, this one I agree with. Being married has definitely required some compromise. Any successful relationship (be it intimate, platonic or professional) does. But so far, I cannot think of a single compromise that I've made which wasn't absolutely and positively worth it. And I'm about 99% sure my wife would say the same thing.

People always say that marriage takes work. But I honestly think that every intimate relationship I ever had took work except my marriage. My wife was the first relationship I ever had that just seemed to work naturally on its own without either of us having to work too hard at it and that probably had a lot to do with why we got married. Then again, its only been five years so for all I know, she could start speaking in tongues and spitting fire next week and that whole 'marriage is a lot of work' thing could finally kick in.

[MFT1Air]

Originally Posted by Joe Gremlin

Maybe my case is unique, but loneliness and the longing for a mate are about the only things I think I've had to sacrifice since I got married. Work? If you call keeping three cars maintained instead of just one work, then yeah I guess its a bit more work than before. Compromise? Yes, this one I agree with. Being married has definitely required some compromise. Any successful relationship (be it intimate, platonic or professional) does. But so far, I cannot think of a single compromise that I've made which wasn't absolutely and positively worth it. And I'm about 99% sure my wife would say the same thing.

People always say that marriage takes work. But I honestly think that every intimate relationship I ever had took work except my marriage. My wife was the first relationship I ever had that just seemed to work naturally on its own without either of us having to work too hard at it and that probably had a lot to do with why we got married. Then again, its only been five years so for all I know, she could start speaking in tongues and spitting fire next week and that whole 'marriage is a lot of work' thing could finally kick in.

True all. . .I've got 31+. I'm still wondering how it's lasting so long.