I Finally Decided to Get Married Because….
….I’d never done it before. No, really. That’s it. As a novelist,I’m a dialogue-junkie (the more dialogue I can pack into one of my novels the better). In life, I’m an experience-junkie. Give me the chance to experience something different, and I’ll jump at it almost every time. Which comes in really handy, I suppose, if you’re a novelist, right?
I’ve been this way all my life. In fact the only reason I moved to Charleston is because I’d never been to a port city. Have I told you the story about that yet? If so, here it is again (grin). I was on the run from my abusive ex-fiancé. I took out a map of South Carolina, closed my eyes, and let my finger fall on the map. When I opened my eyes, my finger had landed on Charleston. So I called my dad (he was a traveling salesman) and asked him what Charleston was like. He said, "It’s a port city like any port city." Being a girl from the mountains of north Georgia, I thought, "Cool! I’ve never been to a port city before. I’ll go there." I moved to Charleston, my grades at the junior college I had attended in Georgia transferred, and that’s how I became a student at the College of Charleston.
As you all know, that’s also where I met my Uber. After we’d been dating for a year, I moved in with him. A few weeks later he left his job at the College and went to work for a floor covering company as a traveling salesman. Then they gave him his own sales territory. In Newberry. Yikes! So I suddenly had two choices. We could break up, and I could move back into the dorm and finish my senior year at the College. Or we could get married, I could drop out of college, and we could move to Newberry.
Doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out what I did, does it? Yup, I got married because I’d never done it before. Sure, I was in love with the Uber, and it was the best sex I’d ever had (he got MAJOR points for that *naughty grin*). But, still, for the first time in my life I was ready to tackle the experience called "marriage." Now I also have to say my husband did not act like an Uber-Alpha the entire time we were dating. Seriously. I guess he’s a late blooming Uber or something. Anyway, he didn’t have one single Uber fit until two weeks before the wedding. Then he exploded, and it was one of those death-and-destruction-hide-all-your-small-children fits. Wow! Scared the we-willies out of me. I thought, "Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no….!!"
But I convinced myself it was just a fluke and went ahead with the wedding. Ha! Was I delusional, or what (don’t answer that!)? Still, my views on marriage are the same as they were back then. I think marriage is an experience everyone should have at least once. If it works, great. If it doesn’t, well, at least you’ve had the experience. Spoken like a true junkie, right? LOL
At any rate, the fact that I’m an experience-junkie is a great source of entertainment for my Uber. All he has to do is give me something he’s never given to me before, or do something in a way he’s never done it before (no matter how simple or mundane). My eyes will glaze over, and he’ll look at me with a knowing grin, and say, "You like that, don’t you?" And I’ll reply, "Yeah. It’s different." He’ll chuckle and give me that this-women-needs-serious-meds look. True. But at least he knows how to keep me "high" (in more ways than one *lusty grin*). And there’s something to be said for that.
BTW, I never finished college, even though I only needed one semester to graduate. But, hey, been there done that, right? Time to move on to something different. Yeah!
xoxo
Laura Stamps (c)
Author of Paranormal Romance and Erotica Novels
http://www.LauraStamps.blogspot.com (to read excerpts from my novel series)
http://laura-stamps8.livejournal.com (my naughty Author Blog/updated daily)
Laura Stamps (c)
Author of Paranormal Romance and Erotica Novels
http://www.LauraStamps.blogspot.com (to read excerpts from my novel series)
http://laura-stamps8.livejournal.com (my naughty Author Blog/updated daily)
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September 11th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
That’s funny! I do want to get married someday, but unfortunately my Uber is not late blooming. Can you imagine your Uber trying to date someone and get married at this stage in his life?
Yes, it’s been difficult. BUT he has been more affectionate lately. My Uber is the kind of guy who shows his love through actions, not words, therefore he rarely says “I love you”. But lately, I’ve been getting “I love you too” in response to my “I love you’s” instead of the standard “I know” response. I’ve been getting more verbal affection, not just the action affection.
It has been very nice.
September 11th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Sounds like Barret is making progress. Good for you! Well, you know how to get him to marry you, right? Act like you’ve changed your mind, and you’ve decided you don’t want to get married, least of all to him. Ha! It will drive him INSANE, and he may even propose. No kidding. Are Ubers a hoot, or what?
Know what my Uber says when I say, “I love you”? I wish he said, “I know.” Instead he always replies, “You must have rocks and muddy water in your head.” The man is STRANGE. I kid you not. He still calls the refrgerator the “ice box.” *shakes my head*
xoxo
Laura Stamps
Author of Paranormal Romance and Erotica Novels
http://www.LauraStamps.blogspot.com (to read excerpts from my novel series)
http://laura-stamps8.livejournal.com (my naughty Author Blog/updated daily)
September 11th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Well half the time when I tell my Beta that I love him, he replies with “As well you should” or “I know” or “That’s nice dear” and occasionally with “Love you too”. You never know what his response will be! I just laugh!!
So, you got married because you’ve never been married, huh? Interesting! I got married because I loved having sex with my hubby and thought it would be nice to move outside of VA. Now, I miss VA like crazy but I still love my Hubby and the sex
Ah well, maybe one day I can have both!!
September 11th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
BTW, I never finished college, even though I only needed one semester to graduate
Given that I’m actually going to graduate at the end of this semester (hopefully), I still think that graduation is overrated.
For crying out loud, they play the bagpipes really badly at the graduation parade (I was working at one of the inner city post shops when the graduation parade for the mid-year graduates last year came through…was I glad when the bagpipers went out of hearing range)
September 12th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
You crack me up! Bagpipes? Ouch!
In my case it turns out I never needed a degree to do what I wanted to do, even though I loved college and had a blast there. But my degree would have been a BFA in Studio Art with a minor in Art History. Well, even without the degree my fine art is still sold all over the world by my art print publisher in California, and it appears on the covers of my paperback novels.
And even though I don’t have a MFA in Creative Writing, I’ve still won tons of literary awards, and my books have been nominated for the “Pulitzer Prize” (2005) and have received seven “Pushcart Award” nominations.
I’m beginning to think if your career is like mine (in the arts) then you might not need a degree after all. I certainly haven’t, yet I’ve still achieved every one of my goals in my career over the last 30 years.
But I’m thrilled to hear you will be graduating. Congratulations!! I would have graduated, too, if I hadn’t been tempted with something “different.” Yeah, I’m an experience-junkie for sure. I also have a fetish for paper and office supplies, but we won’t go there right now…. *wicked grin*
xoxo
Laura Stamps
Author of Paranormal Romance and Erotica Novels
http://www.LauraStamps.blogspot.com (to read excerpts from my novel series)
http://laura-stamps8.livejournal.com (my naughty Author Blog/updated daily)
September 12th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Sadly, that wasn’t the first time I’d heard the graduation parade come past either. On the other hand, they do give some of the graduates helium ballons, so tough call: Go for the helium ballons, or not go on the offchance that I might be forced to listen to men in kilts badly bagpiping for about fifteen minutes or so?
Hurrah for achievements sans college degree! The Powers that be won’t let me teach secondary schools without a degree in the subject I’m to specialise teaching in (Which sounds great, but really, that’s three years of pure maths. Also okay, but I did a stupid and took mathematical analysis. I really should’ve listened when this lecturer transferred me from Algebra, which is a lot easier, to mathematical analysis said mathematical analysis was really hard.)
LoL, I figure that once I get enough money to move out of my mother’s house, I’ll be able to do whatever I want – from actually talking to the male species at nine o’clock at night to dancing in cages. What? Dancing in cages sounds fun…
September 12th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Absolutely. Dancing in cages sounds like big fun to me. I say “Do it!!” If your mom objects, have her call me. Yeah, I know. She’ll run screaming for the hills after 10 minutes with me. Oh, well….I tried. *wicked grin*
xoxo
Laura Stamps
Author of Paranormal Romance and Erotica Novels
http://www.LauraStamps.blogspot.com (to read excerpts from my novel series)
http://laura-stamps8.livejournal.com (my naughty Author Blog/updated daily)
September 12th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
LoL, she would definitely disapprove of you. And dancing in cages.
Apparently though, there is a club in Sydney where you can dance in cages that are suspended above the dance floor. I’ve been told that it’s one of teh seediest clubs ever, but who cares? DANCING IN CAGES!
September 13th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Yeah, your mom would definitely disapprove of me. Especially if she saw my post today on orgasms. Yup, no doubt about it. *wicked grin*
The seediest club ever? Nah, probably one of those silly rumors to keep people from having FUN!!! Don’t you think? I mean, how could dancing in cages be seedy??? *does not compute, does not compute…*
xoxo
Laura Stamps
Author of Paranormal Romance and Erotica Novels
http://www.LauraStamps.blogspot.com (to read excerpts from my novel series)
http://laura-stamps8.livejournal.com (my naughty Author Blog/updated daily)