Rant #12234567890

I thought I would take a short break form lamenting the breaking up of the fellowship (MaryAnne, I am just as sad as you are but let's face it, I can only express it through increased sarcasm) and talk about something that really irritates me- engaged couples that act like they are married. 

For those of you that havent lived in Provo this might not be something that you experience regularly, so let me explain. Engaged couples that act like they are married are couples that are unable to do anything alone. They have to call their other half to do something as wild and crazy as spend time with other people. They refer to each other's family as their own, spend so much time together they lose all their friends, make their families vomit, and generally irritate the rest of the population. I am sure that at some point I have been guilty of this, but I didnt irritate myself so that isnt the point of this rant. Anyway, these people bother me. Their priorities change, they become people that the rest of us dont want to be around, and they take on this alternative personality that is just so sickening that it makes me need to kick someone. I know a couple in the process of morphing into one boring person, and all i have to say is, while they may not have originally been the most thrilling people, the two were much better than the one. Why do people do this? I know Brian and I did this a bit while we were engaged, and now looking back it was ridiculous. Why do you need to be right next to the person while they do everything, what is the point of the hours spent on the phone (or now days texting, by the way how do people have relationships over text, that is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard of), and why in the world do you need to turn yourself into someone that you are not just to impress that person? 

That brings me to another question, why do people think turning into someone they are not prior to a wedding is a good idea, hello, at some point they are going to find out you are a slob, that you hate football, only like cheerleading because of the potential for injury, and that it turns out you dont know abercrombie from faded glory. I wish the engaged couples knew that at some point in the not so distant future that they would be okay being apart for 12 seconds, that they will be sad when they have no friends, and that sadly that person they were enthralled with isnt as fascinating as they once thought, hello welcome to reality.  

None of this is meant to say that marriage isnt wonderful, that Brian isnt an enthralling conversationalist (seriously have you ever talked to kid, the shear amount of random facts the kid knows is mind blowing), it is just meant to serve as a wake up call to the engaged that yes there is life outside of your relationship, and that at some point you will be somewhat dissappointed with the bridges you burned, the people you have isolated, and the relationships that you have weakend.... wake up and smell the roses, you will have time over the next forever to spend together, let other people back in, be honest with yourself and your partner, and please I beg you stop gazing into each other's eyes.