Some of you have heard my ramblings about how “someone should write a book about what they don’t tell you before you get married.”
Well, I’m going to go for it. I’m going to attempt to write this little book. With my 14 whole months of experience.
I might need some help. Scratch that – I am in desperate need of help. I have several chapter topics in mind, but I’d like to know what you think should be covered. I’m definitely going to cover the following items:
- Planning the wedding (make sure everything is how you want it, but remember to plan for the marriage, too)
- Leaving the reception (do it early)
- Folding towels (it matters how)
- Daddy’s little girl (it’s ok, but you’ve got to move on)
- Turning into your mother (the good, the bad, the inevitable)
- Toilet paper for guys (it matter which direction it falls)
- Toilet paper for girls (guys like it as thick as a quilt)
- When worlds collide (it’s hard to kick life-long habits)
- Conflict 101 (it’s actually ok to sleep on it)
What other topics desperately need to be covered? I know that there are many things I wish I’d been told before I tied the knot. What do you know now that would have helped you in the long run to know sooner?
Guys and gals are both welcome to give input. Be as detailed or vague as you’d like; marriage is a tough and dirty issue to talk about sometimes. It’s when we fail to talk about it that things get really ugly.
4 responses so far ↓
rogueminister // 5 October, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Hey if you need a co-author I am here for you. I was thinking about this kinda book myself.
By the way I finally added you to my blogroll.
jessie // 9 October, 2007 at 3:31 pm
i don’t know if you have to be a facebooker to see this link, but my imported note to facebook has close to 50 comments – all of them swell.
http://harding.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=7104776799&id=71000266&index=0
rogueminister // 2 November, 2007 at 12:47 am
How bout you write something on your blog first…
Wes Woodell // 13 December, 2007 at 2:25 am
It absolutely matters which way the toilet paper falls.
Gravity and physics play a part in performing the perfect square tear.
I’ve had to train Airiel since we’ve been married.