Hardest Thing about moving in with your spouse was...

not mumble-jumble to you, gus. i know you were an anthropologist living in vienna before you moved to the farm in 1895!

Sweetheart, I'm 5'9" and my feet are not tiny.
Chances are, I can spit on your bald, shiny head.

Just once, get the hell out of the swamp and ingest
the anthropological mumble-jumble, you'll get so fond of,
once experienced.

double post - sorry

You didn't have to repeat it, I hear you the first time.

I believe we are witnessing the bizarre courtship rituals of two people who were meant for one another.

Joahaeyo--

Establish a box--or even a corner--as a Debatable Zone. Then be prepared to compromise.

As for those bits and pieces which are no longer available. A number of loving women have been flitting through your fiance's home. When in doubt about a missing object, smile and announce, "Not on my watch."

Isn't it beautiful.

Read my lips: NO WAY!!

I'm not cut out for a life at the swamp. Besides gus needs
a few pointers in how to treat women and I'm too old
for a missionary.

CJ
Were just ribbing you dear, no need to get your feathers ruffled, I personally, have taken more jabs than Mike Tyson. It's a good way to learn how to duck!

Oh sorry paulaj, I should have put an emoticon there
showing that I don't take this seriously at all.

I can handle everything - including gus
my feathers don't get ruffled, ever! In fact, I like a
little teasing, it puts salt in the soup.

Good for you CJ, sometimes the party can get a little rough and it's hard to read people via the internet.

Gus means no harm, we all love him and you will too if you stick around.

Joa - RP moved in with me (from his folks'), so he just had movable goods and no furniture. It was also a slow process, he spent months moving in, drawer by drawer, really. :-D

We finally did 3 things that really cemeted the moving-in thing. (1) Had both sets of parents over and took them out. This was them meeting each other for the first time. I assume you've already done something like that. (2) Went to IKEA and we bought matching dressers. Mine finally gave up the ghost this year, but from '90 - '04 we had matching IKEA dressers. :-D and (3) Got engaged. Of course you've already done that.

Anyway, the point is, we got stuff together which I think was pretty neat. It took a while before we bought other furniture. For a really long time, the only new things we owned were those 2 dressers, but they were somewhat symbolic of the combining of our collective stuff.

PS The sledge hammer and various screws are in the basement. No one goes down there unless they're moving laundry around or working with the freezer, so I don't care what's down there. Don't overestimate the value of "out of sight, out of mind" storage.