When one of my friends gets a new boyfriend, I either hear an “Oh, we’re going to be together forever” speech or an “I don’t think I like him that much, we’ll probably break up soon” comment. I’ve always thought of myself as falling in the middle of these two categories, but an argument with my boyfriend made me think of how long I thought we could really go.

Even though it’s still the summer, my best friends and I have started talk of what to do for spring break. We were thinking of more people to invite and I brought the request up to my current boyfriend.

“If we’re still together by March, would you want to come to Mexico with us?” I asked.

“What do you mean ‘if’?” he replied. “Are you saying you think we’ll break up in the next few months?”

This exchange of words was followed by a rather long argument in which he thought I was being mean and I thought he was being unreasonable. I mean, if you’ve only been going out for 5 months, how far in advance should you really plan? Don’t get me wrong, I’ve planned parts of relationships before but they’ve never quite turned out the way I wanted. Read More »

Picture for a moment your wedding day. No, scratch that. Picture the day after your wedding. You know, otherwise known as day #1 of your marriage. And most likely, day #1 of your honeymoon. Private beach in the Caribbean? Or perhaps romantic travels through Europe? No? You want to stay a bit more local? I mean, the coast of Maine is pretty nice in the summer. Oh. Closer?

Ashlee and Pete Wentz (yes, now legally married, she changed her name) wanted to stay close to home for their honeymoon. So close, in fact, they didn’t even want to leave their house.

But you can’t honeymoon in the same rooms you inhabit 24/7, so they switched it up a little. And went down to the basement. That’s right. After their Alice in Wonderland themed wedding, Ashlee and Pete are honeymooning in their basement.

But don’t worry; their basement probably isn’t as dark and dingy as the basement you’re imagining. After all, they do have blow-up palm trees and a fake-n-bake tanning booth. And for their romantic honeymoon dinners, they’re eating DiGiorno’s pizza. At least when they decide their honeymoon’s over, they’ll look like they’re fresh from the beach compliments of their tanning booth. Read More »