I went to see a house, not to teach anyone a lesson. But the realtor seemed determined to test my patience, and what happened after that first viewing was far more interesting than the house itself.
I’m 30, and my husband Silas is 32. We’ve been married for five years, although sometimes I think we deserve credit for surviving seven years of sharing one tiny kitchen.
We met in college, when our idea of a romantic dinner involved splitting a frozen pizza and pretending the burnt edges were intentional.
“Someday,” Silas told me during our third date, “I’m going to buy you a house with a dishwasher.”
“Forget the dishwasher. I want a kitchen where two people can stand without accidentally getting engaged.”
We’ve been married for five years.
“Too late. I already like you.”
He proposed three years later, still without a dishwasher.
Silas teaches history at a high school.
I work long hours at an office job full of endless meetings and emails marked URGENT.
I’d spent years working my way up, but I preferred leaving work behind on weekends.
I already like you.
That Saturday, Silas caught me checking my phone.
“Work again?”
“Just one email.”
“You said that twenty minutes ago.”
I put my phone away. “Fine. No more work today.”
I’d spent years working my way up.
“Promise?”
“Promise. I just want one ordinary Saturday.”
Silas earns less than I do, but neither of us has ever cared.
“You handle important adults,” he likes to say. “I handle thirty teenagers who believe Napoleon invented ice cream.”
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