3 months and 3 weeks
1 month and 1 week
2 months and 2 weeks
about a month before our wedding, i got a sparkly card in the mail from my grandma. the front was a picture of a Super Bride-to-Be swinging on a star. it was awesome.
she also sent three photocopies of our Saskatoon Star Phoenix engagement announcement and her wishes that i enjoy this time now because soon it will be all “us” and “we”. i have been compiling a little post about all the marriage advice i have received through congratulations, well-wishes and well-meaning wishes since we announced our pending nuptials.
“Congratulations! We never thought this day would come for you!”
~ Auntie Joni
“Try to do the things for him that you know mean the most to him, because you can’t do everything all the time.”
~ Tiffany
“Marriage has 3 key components: fierce loyalty, a profound sense of destiny, and hot sex.”
~ Dawn
“Marriage isn’t 50-50. It’s 100% and 100%.”
~ Grandpa Hawke
and one of my all-time favourites…
“My mother Mary — who is still ticking along at 91 — always told my sisters to marry younger men: ‘They don’t last as well, so get a young one.’
My father Kev was about 5 years younger, but even that wasn’t a good enough buffer and Kev died a couple of years ago. I’m sure Mary is now telling my nieces that someone about 7 or more years younger would be the right thing.
You two seem to have the Mary W formula for a successful marriage about right.”
~ Brian W
what’s your advice for a successful marriage?
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November 26th, 2009 at 5:47 am
I think I’ll be taking some notes. yay for threes!
November 26th, 2009 at 10:32 am
i like grandpa hawke’s advice, it is 100% and 100% … and i think a sense of humour is vital and dating, each other obviously, not other people, tee hee
November 27th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Forgive and then forget. Fake them both if you have to. Once you fake them…they will occur anyway. I learned this from Rick. He forgives me and then he forgets. It’s amazing. This means that when we have silly argument #132,345,352 he doesn’t bring up something I said in argument #132,345,200 because he truly has forgotten it.
My other piece of advice (because I am an overachiever I must provide more than one!) is this…when you’re aggitated, angry, upset, miserable…or any of the other feelings that marital challenges can sometimes bring…..sit down….think back to the beginning. Never forget the things that brought you together. When you remind yourself, you will forget the aggitation, anger…etc.etc.etc. I promise you, it works every single time!
Lastly (over achiever again!) always thank him for cooking…..cleaning….hugging….understanding….etc. etc. etc. two words “thank you” mean a lot.
oh and don’t forget 2 armfuls of joy….add that ingredient always!!
November 27th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I love that everything has gone as I had hoped to this point. Love you now and forever!
December 9th, 2009 at 10:59 am
1. Always fight fair.
2. Pause the Tivo when she starts talking.
3. Nurture your dreams, but if they’re pulling you away from your life, ditch ‘em.
4. Always do a little more than you feel like doing.
5. Cultivate things that bring you together, avoid things that pull you away.
6. Rub her feet.