Young and married
This weekend I spent about 20 hours in a car driving with my cousin and his wife, a pair of married people in their mid-20s.
They're both cool, fun and busy with careers, but also are working on building a family, house and life with all the trimmings - which could soon include a baby.
That world is different enough from my lifestyle that I'm not sure if I'll ever get there. Not that the whole family thing is bad. Really it's more about mental distance between their lives and mine.
And though my cousin and his wife are "settled down," they manage to take trips, party a little and still have plenty of fun. It's just a different kind of fun. It's more sporadic, but more enjoyable when it happens.
Seeing a good glimpse into their life together makes me curious. I want some young married folks to weigh in here.
What did you do differently after a couple years of marriage? How do you make the settled-down life work but still find a way to remind yourselves that you're still young?