The ladies of the Real Housewives of Oklahoma are having their McLinky Monday again. I’m participating on Tuesday so I’m calling it RHOK Tuesday. I hope they don’t get upset. You don’t want to make them mad. They may swarm.
The theme of their meme this week is to share funny newlywed stories.
I’m also going to this opportunity to post a wedding picture of my wife Sweetie.
You can see why I call her Sweetie. She has only got better looking over the years.
On the other hand, look what she got in the bargain:
I wonder where those frames went? You can get new lens you for them you know. Oh well, just one of the many things of mine that disappeared the first couple years of our marriage. Along with my Coleman camp socks and camo pants. She still pleads innocent, in a smirking kind of way.
The story she always brings up happened before we got married, the evening before as a matter of fact. We were at the rehearsal: Sweetie, me, her parents, my parents, and some friends and relatives from out of town. So, we got done with that and we headed off to the rehearsal dinner. Yeah, we did, my folks and I. I left Sweetie in the parking lot. Oops.
She brings it up every now and then in a good natured way. I still feel bad about it. At least she doesn’t mention the worse things I did. I’m not either. I wouldn’t know where to start, nor when to end.
Oh she put with a lot. My job for one thing. The energy business is either boom or bust. Well it kind of bust right after we were married. My employer closed the Oklahoma City office down and moved it to Weatherford, OK about an hour west of town. We lived about a half hour north of Oklahoma City. So we got married in September and we moved in November. Three years later we moved again, this time to Tulsa.
She was very patient. I had to start from scratch on the whole married thing where two people are trying to start a new life together. All the standard stuff furnishing the house, coordinating schedules, the whole yin and yang of married life.
And then there was the way I dressed. I was like into engineer beige if you know what I mean. If you don’t know what I mean then come see me sometime at work. I’ll take over where the engineers are. So she dragged me kicking and screaming into the land of not beige.
And then the food thing. I was happy. I had a box of payday candy bars in the pantry, a case of beer in the refrigerator and Dominos on my speed dial. She actually cooked! Wow.
She has always been there for me. She would need a week or more to write about all the antics I’ve pulled over the years.
If you can’t laugh about your marital missteps you are missing a great opportunity. I think you are both lucky.
It is a give and take and patient kind of relationship, marriage. It is all worth it.
The great thing about Sweetie is that she would never tell on you.
Can’t believe you left her in the parking lot! Haha!!
I’m pretty sure they don’t make a lens that big anymore – not even for a custom order such as yours.
As my father is an engineer, I completely understand the engineer beige. I am also familiar with engineer brown, the big 70’s glasses still worn in the 80’s, and the fact that they know deep in their hearts that all of that is cool.
Oh and by the way Baloney, those big glasses are making a come back. They were for sale in in the glasses store when my daughter was getting her new glasses. I have a picture. I may have to post it.
@Kellyology – you nailed it. Deep in our hearts we know Beige is cool.
She was a beautiful bride and sounds like a lovely lady to put up with you.
Starting over with engineering downturns, I know about that. The trick is to take it one day at a time and don’t sweat the small stuff, or the big stuff either.
LOL! I cracked up at the engineer beige!
What a beautiful bride Sweetie was (and still is!)
Thanks for playing, even if it was on Tuesday.
Dear Yogi, Those glasses only reinforce my sentiment that you are VERY lucky to have Sweetie. Don’t you forget it!
Weatherford, OK- The only reason people go there is for work and SWOSU, guess we are both guilty!!! Such a suitcase town. I’ve heard its grown though. It doesn’t matter if you play on Tuesday, that’s why we leave it open all week. Your Sweetie, is beautiful- I bet you have never left her again! Thanks for playing. ♥Mrs. Hart♥
Married in the 80s? Love the photos. Your wife is beautiful, and you are downright swa-vay!
You clearly love and respect your wife; that’s a beautiful thing to read and to think about. Thanks.