We registered our marriage the other day. I'm 28 now. Almost 29.
I'm happy.
We've known each other about ten years; as partners, about half of that.
I've never talked this much with anyone in my life, and since we'll keep being together from here on, that won't change. Being able to marry my wife makes me truly glad.
I've been through all kinds of hard things, but meeting her and marrying her feels like everything was rewarded.
My wife is always smiling and very calm — raised straight and warmly loved by her parents.
Her parents and family are very calm too. I'm truly grateful they raised such a wonderful woman, and that she and I found each other is a miracle.
I'm somewhat purist about relationships, complicated as a human even before being a partner, and I've caused a lot of trouble — so I want to work hard to create many moments where marrying me feels good for her.
She's much better with people than I am, and the kind of person people love.
When I asked what she likes about me, she said something like "a childlike heart" — so I'll try to remember that part she likes, and not carry a "bad heart."
From her side, she seems to like the private, goofy me more than the dense blog-me or business-mode me at work.
We talk about work a lot, and she hints I should bring more of that side into work too.
Incidentally, the first real acquaintance I showed this blog to was my wife, and the one she said was the best is below.
"Why isn't knowledge easy to get?"
We've had all kinds of memories. I can hold back more now, but there were stretches when work was dramatically busy, and we still haven't taken the overseas trip she's always wanted — so I'll keep working to make new wonderful memories from here.
Writing a letter to her ahead of marriage, I remembered that of course our shared memories matter — but from her side she always cares whether "I'm well and spending time happily." So I decided to consciously enjoy daily life and stay energetic in front of her.
I wrote her a letter the night before we registered — and of course I got overwhelmed then.
Also, classic as it is, rereading Shizuka's dad's lines from Doraemon on the night before the wedding moved me again. If you ever get the chance to marry, I hope you read it.
On the day we registered, we went to the restaurant we first visited on the day we started dating. I gave her the letter, and she cried reading it too.
Life goes on a long way from here. I'll work to get even happier.
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