wedding road trip

Day 31: Cohabitation Station

My mom is the oldest of six kids, including a few Irish twins. They’re scattered all over the US, in California, Oregon, and New Mexico, with their kids even further afield in New York, Massachusetts, and Washington. The only holdouts in the Michigan homeland are my mom and her sister Dianna.

My aunt lives in a hip suburb of Detroit, Royal Oak, where we met her and her boyfriend George. Over brunch, we caught up and discussed a wide range of topics, from Detroit politics to waterboarding. (Because, as you know, every good brunch includes a conversation about waterboarding). Eventually, we were able to ask Dianna and George how they’ve lasted together for fourteen years. The answer – they each have their own house. They live near each other and see one another all the time, but at the end of the day have their own space.

We’ve heard this advice before in Florida, which has me thinking whether this is part of what has made Jaime and me successful. We don’t live together currently, and that’s helped us maintain our independence and free time. Then again, we’ve been together for almost five weeks straight without breaking out in hives, and Jaime even said as recently as yesterday that she can’t wait for us to live together. I’m looking forward to it, too.

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