When I got engaged, I thought my dating days were over. When I got married, the word "dating" flew out of my vocabulary altogether. Until {cue dramatic music}, I realized that my husband and I did not have couple friends. I had my friends {and not very many of them at that because I am a transplant} and he had his friends. We had yet to make OUR friends. I realize that this might be a very foreign concept to many of you {especially you high school and college sweethearts who have had the same friends since like, well, forever}, but it has become very real to us newlyweds. We both {quickly} realized that we needed to start dating {couples, of course}. Don't get me wrong, I very much like my husband's friends. They are all very nice, respectful men that I would recommend to any single lady. The problem: I know no single ladies. Most of my friends are married, and even more of them have rugrats in tow. In fact, most of the couples that we had gradually become friends with have children; this posed another problem, not because we don't love kids {because we do}, but trying to match schedules and babysitters and nap times is just not an easy thing {as if life isn't hard enough just trying to manage our individual selves}. So, we hit the dating pool, and we immediately found a couple from our Bible study at church. They lived by us, they were our age {Jordan and I take pride in starting our life together at a much later age than most of the Mid-western folks} AND they were getting married in a month {so, no babies}. I mean, these three points alone could suffice for even a mediocre relationship. Fortunately, it has grown to be much more than a mediocre relationship. You couples out there know how hard it is to find couple friends where the girl and the girl get along as well as the guy and the guy. The minute Clint started talking politics and Amy mentioned doing a triathlon, I knew this was going to be the start of something wonderful {cue sappy music}. Long story short, we love them, and we feel fortunate to have gone to their wedding last month. Hopefully, just hopefully, they don't start popping out kids before we do.
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| Roxy = The World's Saddest Dog {when she's inside} |
PS - I am aware that I should have included a photo with me + hubby + our new couple friends, but that would just be too perfect. It's too early to be posting such things {like changing-your-relationship-status-on-Facebook-too-early kind of shenanigans}. Stay tuned, friends.
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