| Show S N J II F Y n- n nc c ly What's It Like Being Married The dust has finally settled and life has slowed down a little bit The wedding is over and the marriage marriage marriage mar mar- has begun In my last column j. j I related the woes of being engaged and how crazy one can become in inthe inthe inthe the eleventh hour of bachelorhood Needless to say the has past for me and my life has slowed down to somewhat of a routine The big question everyone seems to ask me now is What's it like being married The Way It Is IsBy By Dan Metcalf That question has followed me around almost every minute of my existence since the moment I made my vows at the altar Everyone I know has taken the time to interrogate interrogate interrogate inter inter- rogate me about married life The The answer to this question is that married married mar mar- ried Tied life is pretty good so far but Ive I've only beer beep married two weeks so Im I'm no expert So far all Ive I've experienced experienced experienced ex ex- is the wedding the honeymoon and trading in wedding wedding wedding wed wed- ding gifts at department stores Ive I've really been too busy to tell what married life is truly like The real sill silI sil- sil silly sil sil- l I ly J thing is that whenever someone I 1 know gets married I ask the same silly question I guess if everybody wanted to know what married life is like they could as ask in about a 17 4 A I f M rw V Lr v year then Id I'd really know Another thing about being a newlywed is all the questions you get about the wedding night and the honeymoon Why does everybody have to know all the lit little little little lit lit- tle details about where we went when we went and what we did didon didon didon on our honeymoon All these inquisitive people ask these questions questions questions ques ques- with a little wink and a nudge clearly suggesting an answer of a asexual asexual asexual sexual nature Let me clear this up once and for all First sex is strictly a taboo subject for me and especially for my wife and no one will ever know ever everything thing that happened happened happened hap hap- on the wedding night and the honeymoon even though all went well Its It's funny how getting m married is such a popular subject to talk about these days Remember all those stupid talk shows on television 50 percent of those programs are devoted to the subject of marriage Since I became engaged marriage is the only thing that anyone wants to talk about with me Like I said before Im I'm no expert on the subject subject subject sub sub- I dont don't plan to be in the near future So far the only thing I do know about marriage is that it is different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent than being single yet I am the same person I was before I 1 got married I really shouldn't complain complain complain com com- plain about all these questions because they do help me reflect on what Im I'm doing with my life Maybe that's why those talk shows are so stuck on talking about marriage Maybe they just want to help In Inthe Inthe Inthe the mean time Ill I'll just keep on being being being be be- ing me and start making out thank you notes for all those gifts that Im I'm returning |
