The Wedding Vows I Should Have Taken

It is only after having been married for a while that you start to realize that your wedding vows do not necessarily reflect what a marriage truly is. Forget the "for richer or for poorer". That was a given. My hubbie and I met each other in college. We were both poor as hell. Though he jokingly told people he started dating me for my car, I told him that just goes to show what poor taste he had in cars. All of the standard statements in the ceremony are nothing compared to daily life.

I realized this morning that my wedding vows should have actually stated:

For better or worse
For richer or poorer
In sickness and in health
To smell the armpits my hubbie's work shirts to see if they can go back in the closet or if they need to be laundered

This has become a bi-weekly ritual in our house. I do not know if he cannot smell his own scent, but I get asked two, if not three times per week "could you please check these shirts for me". Ahhh. The duties of a married woman.

I laughed to my hubbie when he asked me to do this. I told him I did not sign up for this when we got married. I don't remember saying this in church, I said. He laughed too, and then we both ended up saying the above-posted vows. I love my husband and his sense of humor. Even though I will have to do the smell test later on this afternoon, at least I got a kiss out of it.