Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Single Girl Behaviors


Last night, I drafted a pity party of a post on how I'm really feeling about approaching my first wedding anniversary with no end in sight to our separation.  I'll publish it tomorrow because I want to be honest with you about how hard it is, but when I talked to Jon about it he encouraged me to first try to see the positives in our situation.  So, inspired by my husband and the lighter side of life, I present to you...

Single Girl Behaviors
That I'll Have To Give Up When Jon Moves To America

- watching marathons of Law and Order: SVU
- luxuriating through beauty maintenance on the couch because the lighting is better there than in the bathroom
- singing along to showtunes while I clean the apartment
- acting out both sides of conversations with Charlie (sometimes in French)
- narrating my daily activities in song
- glamming up in heels and make-up just because I've made a fancy dinner for myself
- eating two dinners because I didn't like the first one which means it didn't count
- making an entire pot of coffee on Monday morning and drinking the leftovers out of the fridge all week
- bribing Charlie to be the little spoon as I fall asleep

You know, on second thought, maybe I should enjoy the remaining weeks of our long-distance more - I'm afraid I've been taking having an entire apartment to myself for granted!

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34 comments:

  1. I love to do a singing narration as well, sometimes I come up with ones I am so proud of that I try and sing them for Fredrik and then realize they are really lame!

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  2. This totally reminds me of that episode of Sex and the City where they talk about their secret single behavior! Don't worry, you can still do some of that stuff when Jon isn't around for a few hours but just not all the time. Which, in all honesty, almost makes it that much more special! :)

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  3. I do that all the time where I make something for dinner and when it is ready I am not in the mood for it at all. And carrying on a conversation with your dog, while giving your dog a voice of course, is just the best!

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  4. Surely not all of these have to be given up when your husband moves in! I'm sure he'd find the singing-while-cleaning charming! :)

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  5. My friend on the same timeline (wife in American, husband in Wales) that we've spoken about before, received his medical appointment time yesterday - Tuesday in London! It's finally started spending up for them, and although you're going through different processing centres I have high hopes for you as well! x

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  6. Jon just got his appointment, too - next Wednesday! huzzah :)

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  7. haha I don't know... there's only so much Frozen a man can endure!

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  8. Ha! Great post! There are definitely certain single girl behaviours I found difficult to give up. A clean house for one!!

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  9. Oh, you don't have to give up the "both sides of a conversation with Charlie" just because Jon moves in. Sometimes dogs just make better conversation partners! ;)

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  10. Well certainly enjoy the ease of all those things without worrying about another person but even after you've 'given them up,' they'll come back slowly and surely over the years. Joe no longer bats an eyelash at my eccentricities and I no longer hide them away. (On the downside, the reverse is true too and boy behaviours are decidedly more disgusting and annoying.)

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  11. i say enjoy all those single girl behaviors while it lasts!! i do wish john was there with you to witness the convos with charlie in french. xoxo jillain

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  12. Go with him!!!!!

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  13. I can't go in with him, but you bet I'll be waiting outside :)

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  14. I think you should keep up with many of these habits and just tell Jon it's how we do things in 'Murica.

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  15. I agree with Megan (below). "Murica!
    Also, I don't know if it will make you feel better or worse that these are ALL things you can totally still do when he's around. Mostly I hope it makes you feel better, just so you don't think you have to give up narrating your activities in song. You can't hear me, but I'm singing this comment out loud right now.*
    *No I'm not.
    **Or maybe I am...

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  16. I don't remember that episode, but I know the concept comes from the show! I wonder if I can ind it on youtube?

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  17. maybe we can compromise - I'll still talk to the dog in French and Jon can still... play horrible video games?

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  18. haha but he'd try to participate and it would ruin the WHOLE thing :P

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  19. Hahahaha YES! These are all things I do too. J and I are very far away from any type of moving in together situation, but sometimes I wonder if I would be able to keep all my strange behaviors if someone were always here to witness them. My roommates are just used to it at this point, I think, but it's different when you share a space and a life with just one person.

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  20. Ha, this is great! We *just* started the visa process and I've already had a mini panic attack about how long we'll have to be apart *shudders* here's to making the most of whatever struggles life brings our way. You face this one with grace and style, Betsy :)

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  21. I'm sure you can! I know the episode is called "The Good Fight". I'm not obsessed or anything.. :)

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  22. Oh don't worry. You will keep all your strange behaviors and probably add more! A common line heard in our house from Jordan is, "I married a crazy person." And then I say, "Well I wonder what that says about you, then." :)

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  23. Choosing music while we clean is a compromise. Beau and I both have our favorite Pandora stations on a shared paid account, plus we have stations we both like. If we're both in the house cleaning, we turn Pandora on Shuffle, and we select upbeat stations. So I tolerate his Kooky station (based on Weird Al) and he tolerates my Girly Girl station and my Glee station.

    Since I work from home, I don't get dressed everyday, but when I do get dressed, I sometimes make Beau take pictures of me to prove I wear cute clothes...

    And if you're sharing a bathroom, wouldn't Jon prefer you enjoy your beauty routine outside of the bathroom? Right?

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  24. Some of those are negotiable upon cohabitation! I have yet to give up singing along with my tunes when I'm in the kitchen {woe be it to anyone around me not liking opera if I have a yen for Madame Butterfly}, and I am all about getting dressed up for dinner, even if we're eating on the couch watching TV, if I just want it to feel fancy. There were some single guy behaviors Scott didn't give up that I'm still trying to get him to surrender - but that's as much public online razzing as I'm going to give him. Boys all do their fair share of silly things. Period.

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  25. YOU CAN DO IT! and in the meantime, dillas on the couch in front of bad TV = dinner :)

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  26. haha I understand that - Jon wants it known that he has no embarrassing single guy behaviors, but that's probably because he'd do them all in front of me regardless of whether or not I was okay with them :P

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  27. Pahaha! Yes, I suspect anyone who would marry me would be just as strange as I am!

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