How does it feel?

KeyRyn320

I have been getting this question since wedding day and I almost feel bad when I tell people it really doesn't feel any different than when we first got engaged. I guess it's also because we have been living together for almost three years so we knew what to expect going in to wedding day. I'm not saying I'm not excited to finally be his wife (I LOVE calling him my husband) but I just don't feel...different. Am I the only one?

xohxohheather

Nope, it's not just you.  I've been getting this question a lot too. DH and I have been together six years in May and have lived together since Nov. 2007.  It was amazing and exciting to get married and now transition to saying 'my husband' instead of 'my boyfriend/fiance' but actual life at home is no different.  Probably the only thing is that we are getting a ton of new furniture from our wedding money (we didnt do a registry) so our actual home feels different, haha

timark99

Yeah I would have to agree, we've been living together for 2 years (been together for 3) so post wedding wasn't any different but we keep getting that question too. I went to the different government buildings this past week to start changing my name so the most different has been when I had to sign my new last name and seeing my drivers license changed.  Course now we keep getting asked when we'll be having kids....

millejj1

I agree! I hear it all the time! The house feels more different than anything because of trying to get our gifts all situated. 

The other thing I hear is "well, you don't look any different"  Like you grow a third arm during the ceremony or something.

 I haven't changed my name yet, so we'll see if it feels different then!  I've started hearing the kids thing too! I just tell them we've got our puppy we're set!

jennylee753

Yep!! Definitely been getting this question. We've been together for 6 years and have lived together for 5 so it almost feels like nothing even happened. My name has been officially changed on everything for almost a week now so that is really weird. We're moving to a new apartment in a couple weeks so that will feel different and good. We're going to sell some furniture and get new furniture, so it will be like a whole fresh start. Oh and the other thing that is different is that we just started sharing money. It's definitely going smoother than I expected (the money part).

lauraNkieran

Yeah we've been feeling bad too b/c I think people all expect to hear "omg its wonderful, its great" blah blah blah lol.  But aside from the addition of 2 rings and a piece of paper our lives are the same.  I do have to say though I'm LOVING saying 'my husband' or hearing 'my wife'

denimdarling88

I'm so tired of this question, too, and I know I'm going to hear it a ton tomorrow at the family Easter diner!  Nope, really feels about the same; I just get to actually see my hubby every day now! =]

MrsDesautels

I've been getting this question non-stop as well.  I think people ask it just to be polite, or because they want to have a conversation but don't know what to say, because they all know that my husband and I have been together for while, and lived together for a while as well.  I've gone from saying "Well, nothing's changed actually," to "Oh it's been wonderful," and it seems that people really like hearing it. :-)

And by the way, this is marinelli83...got a new profile with the new name.

 

 

SpceCadet

Yep.  Me too.  The only thing that feels different is having some new things appearing.  We have been bringing in the new items and taking the old items out for donation.

 

To be polite, I say that it's wonderful and all that, but in reality it doesn't feel much different.  I do really like saying "husband" and being able to seriously get moving on the creation of kids train.   We're both ready to totally settle down and are the last of our friends to begin having kids.

impslave

I just got this yesterday.  I said that it didn't feel physically different, but there is an emotional permanence to it now that I find very comforting.  Plus, I love saying "husband" instead of "fiance."

mina&douglas

It's not even kind of different for us. We've even been calling each other husband/wife during our engagement so not even tht is new for us! we've lived together for 2 years, and already have a bank account together, so literally the only difference is we now have more ways to cook the food we have, Thanks to the registry!