This is why you marry your best friend

Recently Adam and I were at his parents house for dinner. There was some time to kill between dinner and dessert so we wandered downstairs to where Bryan was playing video games. We watched him for a minute and then I glanced over at the wall of bookshelves in the family room.

"Adam, Wuthering Heights. Go!" I said, with my watch in hand to time him. My playful husband jumped up from the couch and scanned all the shelves till he found the book.

"Well done, 33 seconds!"

Then he made me turn around while he picked a book for me.

"A Christmas Carol. Go!"

Our game went on far longer than I had originally anticipated and the more we played the harder the books became.

"S.O.S.: A Teenage Guide to Survival. Go!" (tiny spined and wedged behind two others)

"1984 Crafter Magazine: the Knitting Edition. Go!"

By the end we were laughing so hard we couldn't play. I love being married to someone that will play with me and make every situation so fun. Adam's always up for anything and it makes life so enjoyable no matter where we are.

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Another reason to marry your best friend?

Because sometimes when you've had a long hard couple of days you come home to find your home filled with your favorite smell in the world: Grandma Brown's Homemade Italian Spaghetti Sauce. My wonderful husband suprised me with my favorite meal just to make sure I felt happy after a tough day. Wow, he's great.