Kevin commented the other day that we probably spend more time together than most couples we know. And it's probably true. We now sit by each other at work, so unless one of us has something going on that the other doesn't (think visiting teaching or home teaching), the only time we're really apart is when Kevin leaves for work 20 or so minutes before me (because I'm lazy in the mornings) or for bathroom breaks.
You might think after all the hours together we might get on each others' nerves, but so far that really hasn't happened yet. For one thing, Kevin's perfect, so he will never get on my nerves and he's too patient to ever let me get on his nerves. For another thing, there's not a whole lot from day to day we find to disagree on. Kevin is just as likely to suggest Sense and Sensibility to watch as I am, and I am just as likely to suggest, say, Spiderman as he is. We both like any food Mexican or Indian or Chinese. We have similar long term goals and dreams. It's no wonder that people refer to us as "Kyrvin."
By this point, you probably want to remind me that differences are important to a relationship. We're unbalanced because one of us doesn't hate science and cleave to the humanities. We're not learning and growing because neither of us brought different things to the marriage relationship.
Those statements may have some truth to them, but honestly I'm not worried. You see, Kevin and I might be too much the same, but I've already anticipated what our kids are going to be like.
They're going to be the kind Disney Channel makes movies about.
I can see it now. A fun-loving, easygoing, adventurous kid born to uptight, academically-oriented parents (can you see it already?). And this fun-loving kid will want to become the world's best, um, hoverboarder (because it will be after 2015, and Back to the Future II told us there would be hoverboards in 2015). And of course the uptight, fun-hating parents will not approve, because they don't like the lifestyle and want the kid to go to some magnet school so he can be a "benefit to society." Luckily for the kid, he may not have inherited the parents' love of science and technology, but he did inherit their capability to succeed. So of course he wins all the hoverboarding competitions and becomes the best (junior) hoverboarder in the world. Then he sets his parents aside and has a talk with them about dreams and how he can benefit society by hoverboarding, and the parents ultimately realize that not everyone has to be an engineer, so they totally support him from then on.
I can totally see it. Kevin says the last sentence is the most unlikely part of the story, at least for him. I'm guessing it'll be called Hoverin' Moon or something catchy like that.
I guess my point is, I'm not too worried that we're too much alike.
You might think after all the hours together we might get on each others' nerves, but so far that really hasn't happened yet. For one thing, Kevin's perfect, so he will never get on my nerves and he's too patient to ever let me get on his nerves. For another thing, there's not a whole lot from day to day we find to disagree on. Kevin is just as likely to suggest Sense and Sensibility to watch as I am, and I am just as likely to suggest, say, Spiderman as he is. We both like any food Mexican or Indian or Chinese. We have similar long term goals and dreams. It's no wonder that people refer to us as "Kyrvin."
By this point, you probably want to remind me that differences are important to a relationship. We're unbalanced because one of us doesn't hate science and cleave to the humanities. We're not learning and growing because neither of us brought different things to the marriage relationship.
Those statements may have some truth to them, but honestly I'm not worried. You see, Kevin and I might be too much the same, but I've already anticipated what our kids are going to be like.
They're going to be the kind Disney Channel makes movies about.
I can see it now. A fun-loving, easygoing, adventurous kid born to uptight, academically-oriented parents (can you see it already?). And this fun-loving kid will want to become the world's best, um, hoverboarder (because it will be after 2015, and Back to the Future II told us there would be hoverboards in 2015). And of course the uptight, fun-hating parents will not approve, because they don't like the lifestyle and want the kid to go to some magnet school so he can be a "benefit to society." Luckily for the kid, he may not have inherited the parents' love of science and technology, but he did inherit their capability to succeed. So of course he wins all the hoverboarding competitions and becomes the best (junior) hoverboarder in the world. Then he sets his parents aside and has a talk with them about dreams and how he can benefit society by hoverboarding, and the parents ultimately realize that not everyone has to be an engineer, so they totally support him from then on.
I can totally see it. Kevin says the last sentence is the most unlikely part of the story, at least for him. I'm guessing it'll be called Hoverin' Moon or something catchy like that.
I guess my point is, I'm not too worried that we're too much alike.
Oh Kyra, you crack me up.
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