Great Friends, Great Advice

I spent my evening with one of my nearest and dearest friends, Aaron.  She and I have been pals since 7th grade.  Unfortunately, she lives far away (in Utah) so we had our little girls' night via our handy dandy cell phones.  All I can say is thank goodness for unlimited nights and weekends.  We talked for 4 hours!  We probably could have watched the sunrise together but my phone battery gave in...

The coolest thing we talked about was marriage.  Aaron and her husband have been together for 8 years and have 3 lovely little girls.  As any couple, they have been through their trials.  The inspiring part is, not only have they lived to talk about it but they both have learned invaluable lessons from the challenges they've faced as a couple.  Aaron, the brilliant woman she is, reminded me that guys think in a completely different way than girls.  They don't need to talk endlessly about their problems and prefer to limit discussions about our problems to concise statements.  She also suggested that the female mind is more consequence oriented while males live in the moment more.  Everything she said made so much sense.  It's nice to know we're not alone.  The best part was when her hubby chimed in and said, "Just remember, as much as you love them, you'll hate them."  I couldn't help but take a second and think about that.  I really love Kory a lot.  It's hard to imagine taking the immense feelings of love and adoration and throwing them to the opposite end of the spectrum... but I'm certain we'll have our moments!  Their candor was not only comical but enlightening.   It's wonderful to have friends that have 'been there' when it comes to marriage  and are happy to share the good, the bad, and the humiliating... And, of course, can give real life warnings and advice when it comes to what we about to get ourselves into! :)  I can already see that these late night chats and 'wife to wife' talks about life will be an incredibly enjoyable support system that I will surely embrace whole heartedly! :)

Aaron has also agreed to be our unofficially official  cruise and wedding photographer!! :)  I really couldn't be happier about this - she's crazy good!  One more detail down, infinite to go...