He's just a little different

So I was reading US Weekly, ya know, my bible yesterday and read this quote by Courtney Cox. It said something like, all the quirks we love about our mate when we're dating usually end up being the things we can stand once we're married.

I found this interesting as I really thought about it. I've been married to my amazing husband for 2 years and 3 months already and I find this to be incredibly true! I was 22 when I met Billy and loved going out. So did Billy. He is pretty good at putting a beer or two back in little to no time at all. In fact, that song "I'm pretty good at drinking beer" might be his theme song. Don't get me wrong, Billy isn't a big party animal anymore but I am known to get upset with him when we throws back 6 beers in the time I drink one.

Another thing I loved about Billy was that he would decide he wanted something and he'd go out and get it. For example, we bought our living room furniture within 2 hours of Billy closing on the house in Robbinsdale. Or if we decided we wanted to go to a concert we got online and bought tickets. I loved this about Billy. I thought it was spontaneous and fun. It also wasn't my money so that made it a little better too. Well, it is now my biggest complaint about Billy. It drives me insane that he has spent his "allowance" before it even hits his bank account. I can't ever figure out why he has no money and it drives me insane that he doesn't think through his purchases before he buys. He decides he needs a riding lawn mower, finds someone who has one and BAM we own a riding lawn mower. I love my husband but this is why he is allotted a small amount of his paycheck each month.

I'm sure there are things that I do that drive him insane! It never used to bother him that I am messy. I'm not exactly the best at getting my dirty clothes into the laundry basket and I never make the bed, well, unless we're having company. He never complained when we were dating. Now, you'd think that my bra on the bathroom floor was a deadly bomb the way he over-reacts when it's there. Gee buddy, you used to love seeing my bras on the floor.

We also used to eat out probably 5 times a week. I wasn't exactly the best cook and didn't really enjoy cooking. He didn't seem to mind. We'd eat out, hang out and then go back to my apartment. He never complained, never asked me to make dinner more often. He would call and ask where we were going to dinner instead of what we were having for dinner. Now, we MIGHT go out once a week. If I tell him I don't want to cook and that we're going out he gets all uptight on me telling me that it's a waste of money. My response is always, well you could make dinner tonight and within 15 minutes we're all loaded up on our way to the restaurant.

It's funny how true that quote is. I love my husband. I love that we have these silly little things that drive us insane. It keeps the relationship real. Imagine if we stayed in that "honeymoon" period of dating and things never got stressful. How boring would that be? It's Billy's little quirks, like reading Tractor House magazine cover to cover that make me remember why I love him. He's just a little different.