Five Years

So this past Friday the 13th just happened to be my five year wedding anniversary. I have never doubted that we would last but it surprises me that it went by so fast! It just doesn't seem like it's been five years. But looking back at all the things we've been through and experienced I realize that yes it has been that long. Technically we've been together for almost 7 years. We started dating in July of 2004.

A lot of people ask me how we met. And when I tell them they are always surprised. At the time we met things were a little crazy in my life. I was a single mother and a college student. I worked from home so the only time I really got out was when I went to school. And even there I didn't do a lot of socializing. I didn't want to be there so I wasn't always the happiest person in the world. Also a few months prior to me and my husband meeting my father had passed away. We had to sell the house we'd been living in and my mom, my daughter and I moved into an apartment. Then a few months later we moved into another apartment. A bigger one. I had started placing personal ads online because after my father died I kinda had a heart to heart with myself. I started thinking about what I wanted out of life. I wanted to graduate from college, I wanted to get married and have a house of my own. Then later on I wanted to have one more child. I also decided what kind of man I wanted. He had to be older then me, not opposed to children and had to have a job. I believe on my personal ad I described the perfect marriage as being like Roseanne and Dan Connor.

So after a few months of chatting with this or that guy and a few very awful meetings with this or that guy I got an email from someone new. We chatted for a while and realized we had some mutual friends and liked a lot of the same things. So finally I asked him if he'd like to go to a movie with me. He said yes and away we went. We went to the theater and watched Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. That was his first test. If he didn't think that was funny then it just wouldn't have worked out. LOL After the movie we drove around and talked. I was more comfortable with him on the first date then I had been with other guys after months of dating.

After a few very friendly dates we went to Branson together with my daughter. We had a great time and from then on we were inseparable. That winter we became engaged and decided to get married in May 2006. We got married and about two months later found out I was pregnant with our son Carson. He was born February 2007. Also I will ad that in October of 2006 my husband legally adopted my daughter. It was a wonderful day for me. I no longer had to worry about her biological father (aka douche bag). Since then things have been wonderful. I've never met any other man like him. And I doubt I ever will. He knows what I'm thinking most times and always knows exactly what I like. It's almost freaky.

But yeah, so five years married. It's crazy, I hear people talk about how things change a lot after you've been married for so long. But the only thing different I think is that we know each other better then ever and we are comfortable being ourselves around each other. I still want to look nice around him but I don't care if he sees me with my roots showing and no make up on. I don't care if I forgot to shave my legs or I have a huge zit. It just doesn't matter in the long run. He thinks I look great either way. I still think he's as hot as he ever was. Especially when I watch him working on something. I can't explain it. There is just something about watching a man working with his hands. LOL I still get excited when he walks in the door and I can't imagine a day when I wont look forward to it. I know I know...things change, people change. But I just can't imagine being any other way.

So here's to another five or another 55. Cause I know as long as I'm alive I want to be married to this man. :)