Theres a big step from engaged to married. Its not just exchanging rings and wedding vows, its exchanging one lifestyle for another. Even as an engaged person you had a certain independence that meant you had some space of your own. There was a part of your day or night that you were your own person. In a marriage this more or less disappears completely.
No matter how much freedom you have in your marriage, how flexible the boundaries you still have to remember that there is now someone else that you must keep 100% in your life-loop! If youre going to be late from work, you need to make sure your husband/wife knows. If you arent going to be home for supper, they need to know. If you arent going to be able to get the dry cleaning on the way home, and its needed for the next day, they need to know so they can go get it! This is a major life change. At first it feels as if you are back answering to your parents! You may even rebel against the idea. But think about it for a moment. Your husband/wife always walks through the door at 6.52pm give or take 4 minutes. You have supper waiting on the table. At 7.20pm supper is cold, and they still havent arrived. 8.25pm when they...