
“I feel like before we got married, weekends were for lounging around,  meeting up 
with friends, or having sex. We still do those things, but  more and more, weekends 
are times to do errands. It just doesn’t feel as  romantic as it did back when we were 
dating.” 
“There are so many family obligations! I don’t know if it’s my  imagination, but I feel
like they’ve tripled since we actually got  hitched. And if I don’t go, not only does my 
wife get upset, but I feel  like it makes us look like we don’t have a good bond.” 
“Why does my wife feel the need to tell me every single detail about her  friends’ lives?
I love my wife, and I’m interested in what she  says—unless it’s about her coworker Jill’s 
decision to get Botox.  I haven’t met Jill, and have no opinion on the matter. 
And I’m sure  Jill doesn’t care what I think, either.”
“People seem so impressed that I’m usually the one who cooks. I’ll take  the compliment, 
but what irks me is the implication that my wife isn’t  pulling her weight.” 
“I hate when my wife puts photos of me on Facebook without asking.  They’re never 
bad and she always writes something nice, but it’s sort of  embarrassing for the guys 
to know I sometimes play princesses with my  daughters.”
“Date nights. Don’t get me wrong—I love them—but the phrase sounds so forced.”
“As soon as we got married, my mother-in-law started giving me  unsolicited advice. 
I know she’s coming from a good place, but I already  have a mother!”
“People always ask when we’re planning to have kids. My wife gets this  question 
far more than I do, but even when people ask me, it sounds so  invasive. 
Why is it their business?”
“There’s this sense of, well, now what? The wedding was such a big  project, and 
we know we won’t have kids for at least a few years, so it  sort of feels like we’re in
this anti-climactic slump.”
“We’re not always a package. Sometimes, I don’t know where my wife is  for the 
afternoon. That’s not weird—we’re individuals! But whenever I  tell my buddies that, 
they look at me like I’m nuts.”