"Do you feel any different now that you're married?" a colleague asked me today.
"Not really," I laughed. "Do you?" She, too, had recently married her longtime partner, a man she had been with for over 15 years and had two children with.
"No, but kind of," she answered. "I feel a little more..." she trailed off, looking for the right adjective.
"Kindly?" I supplied.
"Exactly!" she said. "I feel much more affectionate and patient. You would think that now that we're married I'd take a lot more for granted, or something."
"I know what you mean," I told her, "I feel it, too."
A friend of ours who had just celebrated her 21st wedding anniversary listened in amusement. "Just wait," she shook her head, "just wait."
"Not really," I laughed. "Do you?" She, too, had recently married her longtime partner, a man she had been with for over 15 years and had two children with.
"No, but kind of," she answered. "I feel a little more..." she trailed off, looking for the right adjective.
"Kindly?" I supplied.
"Exactly!" she said. "I feel much more affectionate and patient. You would think that now that we're married I'd take a lot more for granted, or something."
"I know what you mean," I told her, "I feel it, too."
A friend of ours who had just celebrated her 21st wedding anniversary listened in amusement. "Just wait," she shook her head, "just wait."
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