Marriage With Kids — You’re Not Alone

Marriage with kids is spelling out entire conversations.

Marriage with kids is forgiveness — lots and lots of forgiveness — because you’re too damn tired to fight about it anymore and you know you’re on the same team even when you’re spelling swear words at each other in the midst of a heated debate about 529 plans.

Marriage with kids is lots of unfinished sentences because you keep getting interrupted with “Daddy, guess what?!” or “Mommy, look at me!” until you forget what you were going to say in the first place.

Marriage with kids is using sleep as currency.

Marriage with kids is 42 emails to figure out the details of your son’s birthday party, and at least 87 texts about chocolate, wine, and toilet paper.

Marriage with kids is falling asleep on the couch while watching Saturday Night Live and waking up tucked under your favorite fleece blanket.

Marriage with kids is lots of inside jokes — mostly about the silly things your kids say and the ridiculous things other parents do.

Marriage with kids is vowing not to talk about kids on date night, but saying “fuck it” after the first cocktail.

Marriage with kids is reminiscing about the past together and planning for a future together while wiping toddler butts and cleaning crayon off the walls.

Marriage with kids is less pretty and a little stained, softer, and frayed around the edges — because kids are messy, parenting is hard, and reindeer pajama pants make everything so much better.

This article first appeared in ScaryMom

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