2001:May:23
2001


I've got sort of a thing against the words "husband" and "wife". I'm guessing it comes from my divorced family (mother once, sister once - going on twice, brother twice, aunt once, father four or five, stepfather once, husband once - and that's everyone in my family). Although I enjoy hearing the words "my wife" uttered by my husband, it feels so smarmy to me. In the first year of our marriage, I uttered (and wrote) "my husband" the most I ever have. I felt smarmy almost all but probably three times (and I'm not talking about to strangers and such like the phone book people). When I'm talking to unmarried people or a general group, I especially avoid husband/wife unless I'm using it for comic effect. I feel like I'm bragging or being sanctimonious. Now that I'm married, I can tell you, I feel exactly the same before the marriage as after. In fact, that was one of the surprising aspects of marriage to me. So the hubby/wife thing isn't a HUGE deal to me by any means, but it's there.




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