Have I mentioned we're now on our 'married budget'? We are. Thusly:
David: Maybe we can get a new vacuum cleaner.
Me: (without looking up from my reading) Do you want to get a vacuum cleaner or do you want to go to India?
(Pause)
David: Maybe we can get a *used* vacuum cleaner.
Hi, I'm Meg Keene and I live in San Francisco. I started this blog to talk about planning our 2009 wedding, but it grew to include a lot of grounded smart-alecky women talking intelligently about their weddings and marriages. My first book, A Practical Wedding, was released in January 2012.
*photograph by Emily Takes Photos
I love you two.
Our conversations are similar but go more along the lines of 'do you want a new vacuum cleaner or do you want to buy a boat?'
September 11, 2009 4:57 am
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Nice! We just had this conversation, but it was New Zealand and a Couch :)
September 11, 2009 5:22 am
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Ah, then apparently I'm already on a married budget, and I'm not even engaged. We're looking at houses, so our discussions are more like "do you want season tickets to the Flyers or do you want to afford our downpayment?" We are both guilty of wanting the expensive things (mine are usually shoes).
September 11, 2009 6:42 am
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I wish one of us was you. but no.
September 11, 2009 6:42 am
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Dude you must be into some expensive vacuum cleaners. :)
September 11, 2009 7:02 am
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Oh story of my entire summer, only I was the one who wanted a vacuum. Only, in Samwise's and my case it was more like
Me: Can we go to Chipolte?
Samwise: Do you want to go to Chiptolte or do you want to go to Otakon?
Me, sad face: Can we have pasta. . . again. . . ?
September 11, 2009 8:57 am
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seriously – I have one new in a box that I'll give you.
It's not spectacular, but it's brand new and just taking up space in my apartment.
Snpdragn@gmail.com if you want it – we'll figure the rest out.
September 11, 2009 9:19 am
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AH HAHAHA Love it :)
September 11, 2009 10:31 am
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omg you don't know how much i love this?
i have this conversation once a day. except it's the other way around.
September 11, 2009 10:47 am
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I have this conversation frequently. Replace India with Tanzania…
September 11, 2009 11:07 am
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And that's what we call priorities, people. India is the preferred country of choice, obviously.
September 11, 2009 6:29 pm
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I can relate to the sentiment, but I'm confused by the title of the post, in Australia "Rooting" has ahem another meaning… wasn't sure what was to come…
September 13, 2009 9:01 pm
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I enjoy the glimpse of how marriage plays out in the day to day, in the little interactions. The title "on-marriage: rooting & reaching" also leaves me wondering if there is a broader theme to explore: the dynamic between your relationship as nurturing growth through your "home" (can't quite think of a better word, though I don't mean in in the literal sense), and nurturing growth through broader exploration.
September 14, 2009 5:42 pm
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Mmmmm…. good stuff Arden. Stuff I've been thinking about writing about over time, but hadn't put into such eloquent words.
September 14, 2009 6:12 pm
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Ahahaha we just did the EXACT same thing, but with the coffee table!
September 17, 2009 2:44 pm
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Hee. Real life. Married life. Yum :)
September 24, 2009 12:00 pm
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