Seattle Nesties
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Best married life advice
So the other day I asked what the worst bit of advice you got about married life. Now I want to know what the best advice was, who gave it, and why you think it was great.
Re: Best married life advice
Self sacrifice for each other, accept that you can't always be right.
I have to add the funniest one that we got because I still get a kick out of it when I read it. (our favors had either Aero Singles or Kit Kat singles in them)
Kit Kat Singles are both delicious and nutritious, so if you are every feeling slightly over weight turn to the singles.
#1-BFP 08-22-09 ~ M/C 08-31-09 at 5 weeks 6 days
#2-BFP 08-6-11 ~ Due 04/18 ~ born via c-section April 22, 2012
My Blog
#1 -- Communicate about everything. If the words "it goes without saying" ever pop into your head, say whatever comes after then out loud anyway, because what's patently obvious to you may not be to your spouse. Keep on communicating, even when it's hard -- and when you think you're done communicating, communicate some more. And remember, "communicating" doesn't just mean talking -- it also means listening and understanding what you're hearing, and asking for clarification if you're not 100% certain you know exactly what they mean.
#2 -- If your spouse ever says anything that hurts your feelings, makes you upset, or makes you wonder, "Did he/she really mean that the way it sounded?" ... Give them the benefit of the doubt, assume it wasn't what they meant, and ask what they DID mean.
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Combination of advice from friends and family, patched together, lol. It's great advice because it's practical and practicable.
my currently-reading shelf:
this. h and i have decided to ban laptops, too....but now we're bringing out smartphones in...booooo.
my favorite married advice is one from my mom..."act dumb"...and it's not in the ditzy sort of way... my mom is resentful that she wanted to "show off" when her and my dad started dating...so she "did" everything... fixes plumbing, electrical, cooks, etc etc etc.....my dad then "let" her do it and now my dad doesn't do anything, and my mom does everything.
also from my mom..never tell him if he does something poorly.....i.e. if he did a bad paint job, bought you ugly jewelry, painted your toenails crooked, wrote you a bad poem.... because if you do, you'll never get it again.
♥ bfp1 06/14/2011 ♥ edd 02/22/2012 ♥
♥ baby jennlin born on 02/15/2012 ♥
who says you can only wear your wedding dress once?
honeymoon bio ♥ married bio ♥ planning bio
jumped ship to the new and improved nest. back to TB for baby boards.