In one week’s time, I will spend most of my time sleeping (it’s a priority), about 60 hours at work, and the rest of the time split between hanging out with my husband, myself, or with friends.
When Cody and I hang out, we are usually apart.. together. It makes sense. When we were long distance, he’d be working on his homework, while I was working on mine, but we’d both be on Skype knowing the other is there just in case. Now, he’s working on expanding his small business, while I’m working on my first novel. When we want to be a little more focused, we’ll cook together, or sit down at the dinner table and talk about what happened that day. And, sometimes, when it’s just too hard to have a coherent conversation, we turn on Netflix or Hulu.
I just don’t think our marriage would be as healthy as it is if we didn’t have similar tastes in TV series. Some examples of what we’ve enjoyed watching include Gilmore Girls, The Hart of Dixie, How I Met Your Mother, Once Upon a Time, and Big Bang Theory.
Without getting too much in detail, I simply can’t imagine being with someone who didn’t appreciate the same small-town, big-hearted characters that I love. I think it says a lot about who we are as people, and who we want to be as a couple. We discuss so much of the story lines and their characters after every episode. We often find ourselves in deep discussion based on what we watched earlier.
I know people say “opposites attract,” but with so little time with my best friend, it’s way more fun being attracted to the same things.