Tomorrow is Friday, which means the weekend is coming. My wife and I will finally send all the kids to grandma's so we can wake up on Saturday morning, sip a cup of coffee, and finally do what we've been looking forward to all week. Yes, we plan to finally clean up the balcony.
In fact, your weekends as a married couple are often different from what they were when you were young, carefree, and full of energy. It's not that they've become worse, they're just... let's call it ‘different.’ And this viral thread on X from numerous married couples, full of life-giving sarcasm, is exactly about such weekends.
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In fact, it's quite symptomatic that I'm writing this post today - because today, and until February, our weekends will change a little. After all, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Lamar Jackson, Justin Jefferson and others won't watch themselves... But still, even if you exclude watching NFL games every given weekend, Saturdays and Sundays long after tying the knot look a little different, don't they?
To be honest, chores like that are often unexpectedly fun, yes I'm sad 😂
After all, being married still means a certain unity of plans, aspirations, common hobbies and common problems. You clean the house together, do sports together (well, or someone does sports, and someone just provides some moral support), lose weight together - and get it back after taking the kids from the grandparents. After all, grandma doesn't care who she feeds to the brim - the grandkids or their parents...
That's life, and even though you may have imagined it a little differently a couple of decades (or even a few years) ago, there is a hidden charm to it too. And if you and your partner also have a similar sense of humor - well, going through life together, exchanging jokes, is certainly easier than just walking next to each other.
My partner and I know far better than signing up for shįt like that.
According to experts, years of living together - especially if this life is spent in complete harmony - really make spouses somewhat similar to each other. "Even if you were initially two pure contradictions, then over time you still find a lot in common in each other," says Irina Matveeva, a psychologist and certified NLP specialist, whom Bored Panda asked for a comment here.
"This is a kind of mental 'adjustment' to the person next to you - you mutually 'mirror' each other's specific traits, becoming even more kindred spirits than you were before. Even if you quarrel. In the end, there is no married life without quarrels..."
And yes, a sense of humor really helps - as in almost any situation. "If you perceive even the most problematic moments of married life with irony - that's definitely good. After all, laughter, as they say, prolongs life. Although science, it seems, has not definitively confirmed this," Irina summarizes.
My former BIL did this at our house before a big event. He decided to "help" by building a deck. It wasn't completed, of course. Infuriating.
In any case, it's good that the NFL kickoff game will take place tonight. At least, although my wife doesn’t like football, I will be able to calmly enjoy the game after a six-month break. And get ready for a much more important thing - cleaning the balcony together. In the meantime, you can scroll this list to the very end as well, and if you find yourself in any of the listed tweets - well, that means our selection has definitely achieved its goal!
Wife asked once if I'd swing by Wally World when BIL and I went Xmas shopping. She wanted some yarn, which was the farthest physical point from the entrance. Friday after Thanksgiving, before "Black Friday" was a thing...she knew...and one day I WILL get her back.
Me, but with a second pack of Hobnobs or Jaffa cakes.
My dad used to drag us to car lots, p**n (P A W N) shops, and gun shops (it was the 80's and he was a gun smith). Sometimes we'd have to go visit his friend the taxidermist. It was like being excruciatingly bored in a horror novel setting. A mulch trip would've probably been equally boring but preferable lol.
Maybe you shouldn't have been so rough with him. "Weekend away (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)"
Every week my wife and I clean the house together in the morning and then go out on our lunch date
Walkie talkies. Seriously. One for every room. I feel like we are a security company. But if it works ....
Some of those tiles are really cool though. I've seen them used as DIY headboards as well.
I always carry mine around in my car for weeks...unless they go to my mum or sister to go through first.
Sports culture is a way of life 'round here that we do not subscribe to.
I remember having a 'cooked' breakfast most weekends when I was a kid, mostly porridge or semolina, occasionally pancakes or egg and bacon. Since moving out, I think I've only done it a few times in 10+ years, mostly french toast. I don't usually have the energy to cook breakfast even on weekends. Only thing that might be different to what I eat during the week is sometimes putting a couple of crumpets/waffles/muffins in the toaster (it costs about $7-9 for a pack of 4 gluten free ones, so can't waste them on everyday lol).
does it though? does any of this sound right? or are you simply saying that cause "haha yeah it was so funny" none of this was funny. none of what any of these tweets state actually happened. these are all just carefully thought out sentences that people thought would be good for a laugh. but none of this is relatable.
Load More Replies...all of these OVER EXAGERATIONS suck. none of these were funny. none of them made me go "oh yeah for sure".... it's like you all create this false image of what married life with kids is like, then think anything slight inconvenience is the end of the world. grow up.
The ones where the husband is like, "oh no, my wife is making me do home maintenance on our house this weekend" annoy me the most. As if she's making him work while she's sitting on her butt 🙄
Load More Replies...does it though? does any of this sound right? or are you simply saying that cause "haha yeah it was so funny" none of this was funny. none of what any of these tweets state actually happened. these are all just carefully thought out sentences that people thought would be good for a laugh. but none of this is relatable.
Load More Replies...all of these OVER EXAGERATIONS suck. none of these were funny. none of them made me go "oh yeah for sure".... it's like you all create this false image of what married life with kids is like, then think anything slight inconvenience is the end of the world. grow up.
The ones where the husband is like, "oh no, my wife is making me do home maintenance on our house this weekend" annoy me the most. As if she's making him work while she's sitting on her butt 🙄
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