I joined a group this morning called "Married But Not So Newlywed" and I have to admit, it made me a little bummed. Because technically, we're not newlyweds anymore. And the reason that bums me out isn't because we've lost that newlywedded feeling. I still have plenty of that. Actually, I'll probably have that for just about ever because most days I'm still giddy that Jeff married me even after backing his car into the mailbox four times. In one day.
What bums me out is, what do we call ourselves now? I mean, we can't use Newlyweds anymore. And we're not an Old Married Couple yet.
I looked at the church bulletin to figure it out because they are typically good at categorizing people. Like, you've got your youth group, your college group, your singles group, your nearlywed/newlywed group. And I got all excited like "Yes! I went through all those stages! What is next for me?"
And the next group was New Parents. Seriously. You're killin' me, Smalls.
So now we belong to that nameless group of childless married couples who don't get classified into any solid category. That's why I've decided that we are going to start doing really fun things, so that people will call us "That Fun Couple." Or "That Quirky Couple." Or even "That Couple Where The Wife Is Slightly Neurotic." I'm fine with that. Really. My OCD just needs to be able to label us, and organize us neatly into a our social category of marriage.
Newlywed was just such a good word. I don't want to give it up.
