The Front Porch Swing

[Blooie]

I must be the ony human being on the planet who hated that movie!

I have to admit that sometimes I miss the Navy days when the ship would be deployed.....bubble bath at 2:00 am? Why not? Corn Flakes for supper? Sure! Rearrange the living room and put the couch in a ridiculously stoopid place? Yup. But after 26 years of it, it's nice to hear him griping at me!

 

[vehve]

I must be the ony human being on the planet who hated that movie!

I have to admit that sometimes I miss the Navy days when the ship would be deployed.....bubble bath at 2:00 am? Why not? Corn Flakes for supper? Sure! Rearrange the living room and put the couch in a ridiculously stoopid place? Yup. But after 26 years of it, it's nice to hear him griping at me!

Yeah, it sure is nice when she gets back home too. Too much of anything isn't good.

You should try re-watching Forrest, I find new aspects in it every time.

 

[Tomtommom]

I must be the ony human being on the planet who hated that movie!

I have to admit that sometimes I miss the Navy days when the ship would be deployed.....bubble bath at 2:00 am? Why not? Corn Flakes for supper? Sure! Rearrange the living room and put the couch in a ridiculously stoopid place? Yup. But after 26 years of it, it's nice to hear him griping at me!

My DH is 'only' gone about 55 hours a week.. but cereal for supper? SURE!

I go through phases with the kids, I cook a couple of days, they eat none of it, I do the whole "Well, guess you'll be hungry". Then after a few days of that I toss in the towel, give them popcorn for dinner or yogurt with cereal.. seeing no point in cooking for just me if nobody will eat. And then we do it all over again.

I used to be married to a guy who liked to stay up all night.. we worked in the pizza business, often not coming home til 11pm, or even 1am. He would go over to co-workers, drink some, they'd smoke, watch tv, play games. It wasn't unusual to shop for groceries at wal-mart at 3am. Most nights I would be in bed before midnight.. not him. He'd easily stay up until the birds were singing and then pitch a fit because he couldn't sleep because the birds were singing

Chronically cranky fellah. Short temper too. Never laid a finger on me, but boy, he broke a lot of stuff.

Cereal for dinner was the least of my worries with that guy. Hah.

Toward the end of our relationship I hardly saw him. I had a big girl job with responsibility.. went to bed at reasonable times, woke up before 10am. Ate well, excercised, worked etc. I lost a lot of weight. I was feeling pretty good. And he was yelling at his video games, staying up until dawn, sleeping well into the afternoon, eating fast food all the time... Well, we just weren't compatible anymore. Not sure if we ever were, but it just became that much clearer.

We even started sleeping in seperate rooms (I got tired of trying to sleep while he was smoking cigars and yelling at his video game)... needless to say, we went our seperate ways eventually.

I should've made a cleaner break. I started seeing someone before we were officially over. In my heart and mind we were over, I just had not voiced it to him yet. I was still caring for him, I felt like his big sister.... I really felt like he would die without me (as in, someone needed to make sure he would actually eat. And pay bills. And go to work.)

When I met my now husband, before we even became a couple or anything, I told my ex we should divorce. The fact my heart was looking for someone to start a family with meant there was no way of ever patching things up (heck, my ex wanted nothing to do with kids. He wanted the irresponsible life. Video games and fast food and no bed time.)

I broke things off with the guy I was seeing. It's not like he was very serious about things and he just wanted a piece of you know what. He later declared he loved me, regretted not saying that sooner yada yada. You snooze, you lose.

My husband is perfect for me. I really do believe it was all part of the big plan. Including my crappy first marriage. And his crappy first marriage. (His wife and my husband dated in high school. COME ON. It has to be part of the bigger plan). He actually stands up to me and makes me back down (which is freaking impressive, I can be a little out there at times). But on the same note, I can rein him back in when he gets a little crazy. He never makes me feel neglected like my ex did. We very rarely go to bed at different times, although with the little kids I sometimes have to take a nap or I doze off on him haha.

So yeah. I get it. I've been married and alone.



Anyway.

We've been living together for 4 years on July 6th.

We've only just begun.

Oh have some Milly!

 

[vehve]

Aww, Tomtommom, that's a sweet smile.

 

[Tomtommom]

She laughed at us for the first time the other day.

 

[vehve]

She laughed at us for the first time the other day.

Won't be the last time. But it's better when they laugh with you instead of at you

 

[lazy gardener]

TTMom, that is too cruel to post a pic like that without even presenting the goods for an actual squeeze.

 

[dpenning]

uote:

We've been living together for 4 years on July 6th.

We've only just beguQn.

Oh have some Milly!

Love the sneak Milly attack when least expected, adorable!

 

[LadyCluck77]

I just watched Forrest Gump! LOVE that movie Also watched The Princess Bride. Apparently was on a Robin Wright kick! Lol!

Aww, the Princess Bride is so fun. Who would have thought an iconic romantic line would simply be "as you wish"...?

 

[Alice28]

Aww, the Princess Bride is so fun. Who would have thought an iconic romantic line would simply be "as you wish"...?

Yes it's "inconceivable!" Lol