Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 14:42     Subject: Re:Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Anonymous wrote:Invite guests -- friends and family -- to Thanksgiving dinner, which you will host and cook and clean up together.

Guest list to include:

at least 1 person who doesn't share your political views
at least 1 toddler
at least 1 person with many dietary restrictions
at least 1 of each of your parents
at least 1 of your grandparents or other relatives over the age of 75
at least 1 person who must watch a football game
at least 1 person who doesn't bring what they volunteered to bring, but shows up with a box of Girl Scout cookies
at least 1 person who insists that the every guest share 1 thing they're thankful for
at least 1 person who likes to offer gratuitous advice on careers
at least 1 couple who are on the verge of a break-up/divorce
at least 1 sullen teenager
at least 1 person who unexpectedly brings their dogs


Priceless - marriage would cease to exist! I'd add:

at least one uncle/aunt who holds their hugs way too long

Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 14:38     Subject: Re:Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Sex
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 14:33     Subject: Re:Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Invite guests -- friends and family -- to Thanksgiving dinner, which you will host and cook and clean up together.

Guest list to include:

at least 1 person who doesn't share your political views
at least 1 toddler
at least 1 person with many dietary restrictions
at least 1 of each of your parents
at least 1 of your grandparents or other relatives over the age of 75
at least 1 person who must watch a football game
at least 1 person who doesn't bring what they volunteered to bring, but shows up with a box of Girl Scout cookies
at least 1 person who insists that the every guest share 1 thing they're thankful for
at least 1 person who likes to offer gratuitous advice on careers
at least 1 couple who are on the verge of a break-up/divorce
at least 1 sullen teenager
at least 1 person who unexpectedly brings their dogs
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 14:24     Subject: Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Babysit and petsit
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 14:22     Subject: Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Anonymous wrote:^ happily married for 30 years and we do not do projects together. We tackle separate projects. We learned.


Same with us! Never, ever try to hang wallpaper with your spouse.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 13:55     Subject: Things to experience with your partner before you get married

^ happily married for 30 years and we do not do projects together. We tackle separate projects. We learned.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 13:41     Subject: Re:Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Anonymous wrote:Complete a home improvement project.


+1. Been married 6.5 years but the home improvment projects we've done this summer have brought out a horrible side of my husband I never saw before.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 13:39     Subject: Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Anonymous wrote:Have noisy sex with the bedroom door open.

Have a lot of sex.

Sleep naked.

Road trip, just the two of you!

Share a tent.

And yes, do home projects together.

All are tests and or things you won’t do as you get older, have babies, then teens in the house!


We did all of that except share a tent since I have no interest in camping. We are now empty nesters and are back to having noisy sex with the bedroom door open. Yipee!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 13:17     Subject: Things to experience with your partner before you get married

I will strongly recommend to my children that they live with someone for at least 6 months before marrying them.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 12:58     Subject: Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Have noisy sex with the bedroom door open.

Have a lot of sex.

Sleep naked.

Road trip, just the two of you!

Share a tent.

And yes, do home projects together.

All are tests and or things you won’t do as you get older, have babies, then teens in the house!
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 12:36     Subject: Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’ve been married ten years and never spent a week with our parents. Wtf?

Have an Ikea experience together.
Get lost together.


Real men don't get lost.


No, real men don’t stop and ask directions.


It's Damone's rule #3: "act like wherever you are, that's the place to be."
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 12:33     Subject: Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’ve been married ten years and never spent a week with our parents. Wtf?

Have an Ikea experience together.
Get lost together.


Real men don't get lost.


No, real men don’t stop and ask directions.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 12:32     Subject: Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been married ten years and never spent a week with our parents. Wtf?

Have an Ikea experience together.
Get lost together.


Real men don't get lost.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 12:17     Subject: Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Cross country car trip.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2019 12:17     Subject: Things to experience with your partner before you get married

Share a bathroom

Or you know what? Just vow you'll always have two bathrooms