Things I've Learned After 6 Months of Marriage

Or, maybe I should say "Things I've Learned After 6 Months of Marriage to The Hotty McHotHot I Happen to Be Married To." After all, nobody is married to the same McHotHot as me. 
So here they are, in no particular order, for me to look back on when I forget these all-important principles:

6 Month Picture, 12/22/2013

1. "Hanger management" is important. Pack snacks when you run errands with your spouse.    
2. Celebrating birthdays and special events is still important-maybe even more important than they were before getting married. The celebrations don't need to be big or expensive, but a little thoughtfulness goes a long way. 
3. It's not always the husband's job to lock up at night. But it's always his job to get up a half-hour after we go to bed to double-check that the doors are locked on behalf of his paranoid wife. 
4. Gender stereotypes may not be 100% accurate 100% of the time, but they are stereotypes for a reason. Let's just say its not Colton getting teary-eyed over videos depicting a homeless war vet's makeover on YouTube.
5. Suck it up and say sorry ASAP. It's just better this way.
6. And when the other one says sorry, forgive and get past it as quickly as possible. I'm bad at this one. Sorry babe. Good thing I have eternity to practice (I might need it).
7. "Mo' money, mo' problems" is a load of crap. Biggie Smalls obviously never had student loans to pay off. However, to be fair, perhaps mo' money yields mo' problems when your main source of income comes from selling crack and talking smack about the West Coast. Don't mess.
8. A true gentleman is one who gives his wife all the blankets at night. Even if it's only because he gets too hot.
9. Sharing a queen-sized bed takes some getting used to, but not as much as people claim. Don't listen to the haters.
10. Marriage has it's hard moments, but it's fun. It's fun having a buddy to do things with, to wrestle with, to let you win all the dance-off's in the kitchen, to sleep with at night, to sit by, to wink at across the room at family gatherings. It's a good time.  

Clearly, I'm no expert. I still have a ton to learn. But I'm excited to learn it all with my buddy.

Here's to 6 months and counting!