Marriage is...
- Committing your life to another person
- Being able to compromise
- Building forts in the living room when you have no other furniture
- Being willing to sacrifice
- Trying to guess how much your grocery bill will be
- Finishing each others sentences
- Being able to laugh at each other
- Feeling completely comfortable with that person
- Living with your best friend
- Experiencing all those "firsts" together
- Hopefully having a family together
- Going to the bathroom with the door open (TMI?) :)
- Leaving each other notes around the house or in luggage
- Chasing thunderstorms and not being afraid of getting caught in the rain
- Having inside jokes that are only funny to the two of you
- Camping in your spare bedroom
- Having someone who helps you grow as a person and grow as a couple
- Learning to take care of someone else
- Being thankful you found your other half
- Having someone to enjoy your interests with
- Not being afraid of arguing as long as you're always prepared to say "I'm Sorry"
- Being able to miss that other person, even if they're just in the next room
- Holding hands whenever you feel like it
- Learning to budget
- Being able to not have to do or even say anything when you're together
- A marathon, not a sprint
- Having someone to watch "Friends" with and then quoting it non-stop
- Running to the store at 10pm because your wife has a chocolate craving
- Learning to divide up responsibilities/chores around the house
- Never going to bed angry
- Having someone to dance with
- Completely ruining dinner or a dessert and being able to laugh at it
- Saying the exact same thing and the exact same time
- Hard work, everyday
- Trying to find excuses to get the other person to do something you want
- An adventure
- Having someone to share your crazy dreams with, even if they don't make sense
- Singing as loud as you can on long car trips
- Purposely wearing matching clothes
- Trying to find each others reflex spot, just for the fun of it
- Making plans for your future and being able to adapt when they don't work out
- Supporting each other in everything you do
- Having someone to kiss anytime you want
- Offering to drive when you're drugged on pain killers and bleeding from the mouth when your wife is faint from the sight of that blood
- Learning from the good examples your parents set for you
- Having someone to grow old with
- Knowing that after a long day you can get in your easy clothes and cuddle on the couch
- Respecting each other
- Endless back rubs :)
- Appreciating the little things in each other
- Creating memories
- Making sure God always has a place in your relationship
- A lifetime together
- Having someone to love and to love you back
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