Top Ten Things

Top Ten things about being married in college:

1. "We'll both be benefiting from each other's degree's, so I'll do your English homework and you do my math homework."

2. Breakfast dates before class. 

3. "Study" dates. 

4. Having predetermined vacation dates. (There will come a time where spring break seems like a distant luxury!)

5. Husbands make great college roommates. 

6. You grow up together. Some people have asked me, "Why did you get married before you had a chance to go out and experience the world?" I smile because they don't understand that I will have shared experiences with my husband from a young age, meaning that there is a lower chance for hidden secrets, scarring, and bad habits to form. 

7. Uncle Sam! This is not a good standalone reason to get married, but grants that come when you become independent from your parents sure do make life a little easier. 

8. Couple friends are much easier to find in college than they are in the real world. After all, your group of coed friends hangs out because they love each other; it only makes sense for some of them to pair off. 

9. Direction. I am not going to graduate school and move back in with my parents. We have plans to start our life the day after graduation, and having each other makes us accountable with our dreams. I support his dreams to be a recording engineer, and he supports my dreams to one day be a mom. 

10. Fun. College is a time of learning to balance work and play. Who better to enjoy life with than your soul mate? You married him because you like him! Have fun while you have no kids to hire a babysitter for!

What's your favorite thing about marriage? 

Write a "top ten reasons I love my husband" list and hide it where he'll find it!

--Caroline