I decided that going out with other couples is the married form of dating. It's like you are dating the other couple. Trying them on for size. Accessing the good with the bad. It's like trying to find the perfect match of two girl friends and two guys friends. Everything from how easy it was to set up to whether they got babysitter so whether they could speak of anything other than their kids or overall just let you get a word in edge wise. And even still, you find that perfect couple to go out with and they live an hour away, or in another state. I mean geez, why does it have to be so hard and so much like dating? You leave and each of you say to your partner, "Did you have fun, what did you think?" So then you analyze it in your head and if you did have fun with them you panic and think, did they have fun with us? What if we were lame? All the woes of dating all over again. Why can't we just find the perfect persons? The ones that match all the criteria on our lists that we made of all the things we want in potential married friends.
Well I guess until we find them, if we haven't already there are always "pseudo friends." That is what our friends refer to the friends that you hang out with cause we have no one else, or everyone else lives too far away or can't hang out.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Dating For Married People
Posted by Toni at 3:15 PM
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4 comments:
Seriously, I LOVED your post! SO funny! I totally agree with everything you wrote! Also, I don't think I knew you lived at Oakridge! That is so funny!! Maybe I did and I just forgot. Your comment made me laugh! I called him Audi boy for awhile too :)
So we have to ask....Did you guys have fun??
We do the same thing. It's like the second you leave the other couple those questions just pop right out of our mouths and we analyze and judge...jk we don't judge(wink wink). We had fun with you guys and it totally sucks that it was a lengthy trip for you guys. Coming out to see us is like going on vacation. Might as well stay on our air mattress next time. I promise we'll come to you guys next time. We should try Thia and maybe convert Steven.
Did we make the cut?
I have to agree. We do the exact same thing, and it is increasingly harder to find a couple that fits with both you and your husband. It is harder than going on a regualar date.
I couldn't agree more with married dating! That is a funny spin to it; I've never thought of it that way but it's true! It's so hard to find couples that both you and your hubby have fun with. Either Ryan has a great time and the wife half of the couple was too quiet or boring, or vice versa. It's great when you do find those friends you can both have a blast with though. Well worth the dating trouble...:)
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