Ten Years Later
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, October 10, 2008 5:33 PM
Tonight marks exactly ten years since Bryan and I went on our first date together. I was just sixteen and he was almost eighteen.
To celebrate, we’re going to Applebee’s, which was our incredibly creative choice for our first date. So the venue will be the same.
Other than that, everything will be different. We’ll have Camilla with us. Bryan will probably order a margarita. I will regret not being able to order a margarita. Crayons will play a big role in the amusement at dinner. Some sort of kiddie meal will be part of our menu. And at the end of the night, we’ll go home together and put our toddler to bed.
None of those things happened ten years ago. Life is very different now.
What I’m thinking about today - even more than about how far Bryan and I have come as a couple in the past ten years - is the fact that we are now definitely grown up.
I think that growing up is one of those things that happens to you while you’re unaware of it. It’s easy to miss, and it’s easy to deny. This seems to be a common part of the human experience. We’re constantly surprised at how quickly time is passing, at the fact that we’re old enough to be living the lives we are living. Even after six years I sometimes still can’t believe I am married. As for being a mother, I’m still waiting for the realization of THAT to kick in.
But today, ten years after the night when two teenagers shared a meal mostly happily, with just a few awkward silences, and certainly no thought of the hugeness of their future together… it’s indisputable. We are definitely adults now. We’ve been married for more than half a decade. We have our own house. We have TWO children, one born and one expected in just a few months. We have the joys and the responsibilities of adulthood now.
I’m happy to report that, for the most part, being an adult is much better and more rewarding than being a teenager. Not a single part of me would wish us back ten years tonight.
I still have a hard time realizing we’re here, though. Adulthood, when did THAT happen?
When did you realize you’d grown up?
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