What No One Tells You: Marriage Edition

What no one tells you about marriage is that:

- you might try to get romantic with your partner but the Beagle will be snoring so loudly it sends you both into hysterics.

- when you're in labor, walking the hallways at the hospital, and a popular song at the moment is LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem", your husband might take the opportunity to sing: "...every day (you're) shuffling..." and it will be completely true, make you laugh, and it will be one of the things you remember most about that night.

- you might find yourself starting to do weird things, like always making sure the volume settings of electronics are on an even number, because your husband prefers it that way, and then you find yourself developing your own superstitions about it.

- you might find yourself in disagreement about things you didn't think it was possible to be in disagreement about. Like the best way to cook bacon, pronunciations: en-velope vs. awn-velope, coo-pon vs. cu-pon, and if you should answer the phone when you don't recognize the number on the Caller ID.

Last but not least, what no one tells you about marriage is that when you marry the Right Person, you find yourself doing things you didn't even think you were capable of because that person believes in you more than you believe in yourself. The Right Person doesn't stand in the way of your dreams, the Right Person helps make them happen. The Right Person doesn't begrudge you time with friends, the Right Person says "Hey, you haven't been able to get out in a while. When are you seeing (insert friend's name here) again?"

The Right Person is your Best Friend, through thick and thin, beagles snoring and bacon frying.