About a month ago Brandon & I met a really nice couple while we were chaperoning a youth dance. We spent awhile chatting and at the end of the dance they said we should get together sometime and we swapped phone numbers. Well, we went on vacation and came back and thought it would be fun to invite them over for dinner. I asked Brandon to call them, thinking the number we had was the husband's cell and that would be more comfortable. However, the wife answered the phone, but luckily Brandon remembered her name because he had just looked it up in his phone. He said who he was, but it was clear she couldn't remember him, which made it really awkward of course. He told her we met at the singles dance, which I'm sure confused her even more and I whispered to him it was the youth dance. Then she remembered and was happy to talk to him.
Meeting new couples is too much like asking people to do stuff when you're single, getting phone numbers, hoping they'll want to hang out with you, hoping they won't forget who you are when you call, etc. You think all of that is over when you get married, but it's not. At least you have someone next to you to laugh with when you get off the phone.
3 comments:
i almost shed a tear when reading this post. it just hurts too bad to hear that you are moving on and inviting other couples over to your house.
i can't take it! we NEED you guys! how about we make a pact that we will live by each other when we're older.
"laugh with"? It's more like "laugh at". Luckily I became very accustomed to awkward phone calls during the dating years. So this was no big deal. And by the way Lex, I am pretty sure that that pact was already made and you guys broke it along with my heart.
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