A Newlywed Twist

For everyone following along with Ronnie and I would know that this blog has been our chronicle of relatable themes but with our (hopefully) funny personal experiences and some satire.

Today I want to focus a bit on one aspect that is not frequently seen.

A TWIST if you will.

That newlywed time is usually a period where u learn a whole lot about your new partner and their habits. The good, the bad and the ugly (morning breath). It is also a busy time where there is a lot of adjusting, sometimes moving and of course incorporating spending time with your love, on top of busy work schedules and studying. People often do not have the time to do some introspective analysis of themselves and also just bypass anything that they may have noticed.

Thankfully Ronnie has married one that does introspective checks ever so often to help maintain her mental health.

So here we go!

THINGS I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF DURING OUR NEWLYWED LIFE

                1. I will give up the last piece of pizza.

                     Ronnie is a bit of a ‘ladoo’ and will sometimes want more than his share of food, I have realised that without knowing it I would usually give him my last morsel on my plate without even a second thought. I am not sure if he is still hungry or if he just wants to harass me and take my piece. Standby for the answer.

At home my brother and I would literally race each other for that last piece of mom’s sweet bread or even her scrumptious macaroni pie.

                 2. I am happy to do chores. 

                     Now for those that personally know me, you would know that I am very very spoiled and my parents did most of my chores for me at home even until right before marriage. My mom always cited my study and school commitments as a reason to not let me do chores and I would happily comply.

I am now happy to wash our clothes, even though sometimes I do it a bit late and we are down to our last pair of underwear (NO we did not skirt the idea or turning inside out and re-wearing). I am also always cognisant of the fact that we need to have food to carry to work and will spend a small portion of time at work trying to look up recipes for quick and easy lunches.

This is me doing chores at 9 am on a Saturday! No one in my family thought this would be possible!

                 3. I will get up early.

                      Ronnie is very much an early bird, as I alluded to in a previous post about morning cuddles. I am definitely not an early riser or even a morning person. My weekend mornings usually consist of me waking up a little late then lazing on my bed browsing social media sites until the aroma of the breakfast my mom made is literally dragging me out of bed like in those Tom and Jerry cartoons.

Nowadays, Ronnie is up and after he does his morning routine then I am up with moderate amounts of hesitation and start my day. This included making us breakfast and tea as well as doing any chores that I can get done early.


There are so so many others including giving him the tv remote to watch the shows that he wants, even though the new season of The Politician is out.

I am sure if he sat down and thought about it, he would also realize the things that he has changed because of me, and I hope he is happy about it.

Of course some of the things that I look for in my introspective analysis is..

AM I STILL ME ???

After 2 months the answer is still yes and I do expect to change over the course of marriage, but my takeaway from this is to be mindful in our marriage.

I will continue to do some introspective work on myself and of course tell Ronnie if I feel like my true self is slipping.

Please note that some of the chores mentioned above will be shared in the future after my hubba bubba finishes his classes and my Ronnie is in full agreement… I think

Thanks for visiting our site. Feel free to comment on if you do anything similar and how it has worked out for you.