totallyjeneric

It is a good thing to be comfortable with one another. To look in each other’s eyes and know that the most romantic thing you could do for each other that night is just heat up leftovers, leave the dishes in the sink, and fall asleep early–because it’s been a tiring week.  Or, perhaps rent a DVD and watch it in your PJs–because it’s closer and cheaper and easier than the theater, plus you can hit pause anytime to use the bathroom.  It’s a good thing to be comfortable with one another.

It’s an equally good thing to be uncomfortable with one another.  That first date, with sweaty palms, nervous laughter, a hefty bill–it’s the spark that starts the fire.  The difficult conversations, the diasgreements, the tension and silences that are inevitable in any relationship–they yield growth, discovery, character, intimacy.  Subsequent dates which demand energy and creativity, which seem like work in comparison to the comfort of staying at home, and which seem unnecessary because you already know each other so well–they keep you in love and remind you never to take each other for granted.  It’s an equally good thing to be uncomfortable with one another. 

So yes, Eric and I are married.  But we are still dating and had better still be 60 years from now!  We try to walk the line between comfortable and uncomfortable, between dressing down and dressing up, between a steady routine and mixing things up.  Five years ago we went on our first date and - jitters and all – decided to pursue a relationship.  Fast forward to today, I’d like to think we are still pursuing each other with the same joy, excitement and anticipation… except now we have rings on our fingers!  Here are a few pictures I pulled from memory lane and threw into a slideshow… be forewarned, it’s a lot of jeneric packed into 3.5 minutes!  Eric, I love you, even though you drive me nuts sometimes.