Five days into marriage

[pseydtonne]

I have some quick observations:

1. It's great to click my wedding band against things to listen for resonance. Hollow things that have few truss points, such as a Jacuzzi in a honeymoon suite (which I assume is made from fiberglass), sound great. As a result, I've also learned...
   
2. Wedding bands scuff easily. I had always heard that gold is a soft

Comments

[lightcastle]

Dude. Your simple and reflexive generosity is one of your most striking traits. You picked your best man well.

[dobrovolets]

It feels chthonic to say "my wife", as if I'm connecting to an ancient world of possessing people and invading islands. However it's also direct: the woman that wants to be with me is immediate to me.

You nailed it. I'd been puzzling over this for years. For those with my politics, it is conventional--"politically correct" in the original sense--to refer to one's "partner". I never could. In conversation, [spouse] is always "my wife".

[moominmolly]

Mazel tov, sir.