The honeymoon's over folks!

I made a subtle - but very significant change to my blogger profile. I feel like this change is going to allow myself to better identify with members of the blogging community and give me the true identity by which you should all know me.

It's a very small change, in fact, I bet none of you noticed.
You probably just glanced at it and are thinking to yourself, I don't see any changes.

Allow me to enlighten you.

It used to say, "I'm recently married and enjoy watching movies, eating chocolate, and back rubs."

It now says "I'm happily married and enjoy watching movies, eating chocolate, and back rubs."

Did you catch that?

My one year anniversary is coming up next month and I feel confident in my decision to no longer classify myself as a "newly-wed".

This is how I know I'm a grown-up adult no longer in the honeymoon stage of the marriage.

1. I have absolutely no problem forcefully pushing lightly tapping my husband away from me if he even thinks about touching me while I sleep. Yes, we're close enough now that I can actually read his thoughts while he sleeps.

2. I've stopped looking at bridal magazines in line at the grocery store. Maybe next year I'll cancel my subscription. Baby steps.

3. I've (almost) stopped comparing my ring to every married or engaged person I see.

4. He's been trained to always carry cash with him because he knows if he uses his card I'll see it and he'll have to come up with a good excuse as to why he spent $10 on fast food when we have a stocked kitchen at home. (That's never actually happened, just one of those hypothetical situations of course)

5. I've stopped giving him hints when I would like something and I just flat out tell him to get it. This has become a huge time saver!

6. I can use "my husband" in a sentence without feeling weird.

7. I look matronly at brides I see on Saturdays at the temple and think back longingly to my own wedding day oh so many months ago. I also feel comfortable offering advice to these young girls. ("You're going to want some comfortable shoes for the reception" that's just one of many expertly words of wisdom I feel confident sharing)

8. I bought my honey a back scratcher so he could do it himself. That's kind of self explanatory. Me scratching his back got old fast.

9. I've stopped putting away his clothes and make him do that step. At first he was hesitant, but with the threat that I would never again fold anything he owns, he quickly wised up.

10. I sign my married name now without having to think about it or check to make sure I spelled it right.

You see? I'm an expert at this wife business.

I'm moving on from being recently married to happily married. Psha! Easy as pie!