Not "Together" Together, But...
She stopped suddenly and looked at me strangely. Her brow furrowed as she struggled silently for a moment. Then:
"I don't want you using the word 'wife'. I'm not ready for that. I'm not ready for any kind of committment. But...
"If we take things one day at a time... we're... we're living together, okay? Common-law or whatever. You can't say we're married. That... assumes too much. It doesn't give an accurate reflection of where things are at."
I kept my face relatively calm, but inside I was dancing. "Sure, that sounds reasonable. I'm not telling anybody anything, just that we're spending a lot of time together."
"Okay," she said. "Now, about the bedroom; I'd like us to redecorate that big room downstairs to become the master bedroom. There isn't room for both of us to hang out together comfortably in this room. Here are some paint swatches I'd like to consider..."
"I don't want you using the word 'wife'. I'm not ready for that. I'm not ready for any kind of committment. But...
"If we take things one day at a time... we're... we're living together, okay? Common-law or whatever. You can't say we're married. That... assumes too much. It doesn't give an accurate reflection of where things are at."
I kept my face relatively calm, but inside I was dancing. "Sure, that sounds reasonable. I'm not telling anybody anything, just that we're spending a lot of time together."
"Okay," she said. "Now, about the bedroom; I'd like us to redecorate that big room downstairs to become the master bedroom. There isn't room for both of us to hang out together comfortably in this room. Here are some paint swatches I'd like to consider..."
posted by Norseman Jack at
07:08
4 Comments:
Hooray nesting! :D
By
joy, at 19/10/05 13:38
Woot! Sounds like progress...and make sure you spare no expense possible on the room. You want her to love it.
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VDOprincess, at 20/10/05 11:34
Thanks for the encouragement and advice, guys.
It was really fun going through colour swatches and picking colours. The old "master" bedroom was emptied, the boys' bunk bed and some of their things moved in. Then the target room was emptied and the stuff moved into their old room. It's ready for some TSP-washin' tonight, and probably tomorrow we start priming...
Looks like we're going to go with a couple light, warm purples... this is going to be great fun. I'm anxious to get the paint in so we can move in the four-poster canopy bed.
I think we'll go shopping for new bed-curtains next; she has a negative association with the old navy-and-burgundy colour scheme. I wonder if she's open to putting the smoked-glass mirrors back in the ceiling of the canopy...
By
Norseman Jack, at 20/10/05 11:44
Congrats on the tiny steps. Hang in there and have fun decorating.
Take Care,
RB
By
Lisa, at 23/10/05 12:17
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