Today is our third anniversary, so I thought I would share with you some lessons I have learned during the past three years of marital bliss:

1- I have learned that no one’s grass is greener than ours. Well, after we moved to Seattle anyway. It rains so much here.

2- I have learned that I can ask Robert to take the trash out and waste my time telling him again and again until he does, or I can take the trash out myself and spend the next week giving him guilt trips. The latter is so much more fun.

3- I have learned that the world will not end every time we argue. When tomorrow comes, we will still be together looking for more interesting things to argue about, such as who should take out the trash.  

4- I have learned that fluffy pillows and thick blankets won’t ever give you as much joy as your geeky lover. They can’t fix your computer; they won’t buy you flowers; and they have no techie toys you can enjoy throwing against the wall. One thing the geek and the bedding have in common though is that neither one of them will take out the trash.

5- I have learned that incentives work much better than threats. i.e.: Help me with the dishes or I break one over your head does not produce the same result as help me with the dishes and I will give you a back rub. If I break the dish I have to clean it up afterwards, but I can always pretend I am asleep after he is done with the dishes.

6- I have learned that the fastest way to get Robert to bring me flowers is to say these magic words: “I am so mad at you; I don’t want to see your face again!”

7- And finally, I have learned that if I can’t beat him; I can join him and then beat him to it. For three years, I tried to stop Robert from blogging so much and spend more time with me. Now, I am blogging myself and he is the one begging me to stop blogging so much and spend sometime with him. Whoever said revenge wasn’t sweet, never blogged before.