We have hit a milestone: The husband and I have managed to survive our first five years of marriage. It definitely became questionable around year three, something (or somebody, rather) had to give, we were in desperate need of compromise, and with a little therapeutic help from our peers and parental figures we managed to stick it out.
It seems like it was only yesterday that we were gearing up for our wedding, which really was one of the most exciting days of my life (I just wish I could remember more of it). After it was all over, we hopped in our limo and headed to the Quorum in Tampa to spend our first night together as husband and wife (insert sappy "awwwws" here).
The next morning we were up at the crack of dawn and heading to St. Maarten for our Caribbean honeymoon. It all started to go downhill from there.
This article appears in Mar 24-30, 2010.