1.
Expectation: Joint accounts means you're rolling in dough.
Reality: Splurging used to be romantic, now you just feel irresponsible for wasting the family's money.
2.
Expectation: You go on romantic tropical getaways over the holidays!
Reality: You're invited to several dinners by both sides of the family, and there's nothing tropical about it.
3.
Expectation: Your family stops their sly jokes about when you’re getting married.
Reality: Now your family makes sly hints about grandchildren.
4.
Expectation: You bicker for hours over petty things like toilet paper orientation.
Reality: TOILET PAPER ORIENTATION MATTERS. There can only be one victor.
5.
Expectation: You finally start cooking together and making gourmet meals.
Reality: Nope, still takeout.
6.
Expectation: You will finally become demure and responsible adults.
Reality: You're still the exact same people as before you were married (aka a couple of goofballs!).
7.
Expectation: You have friends over for fancy dinner parties, and it's all very sophisticated.
Reality: You go to your usual bar and get just as shitfaced as before. (And you know who you're hooking up with later!)
8.
Expectation: You get sick of each other and have less sex.
Reality: It only gets better. (You know what they say: "Practice makes perfect!")
9.
Expectation: You will sleep in each other's arms every night until you grow old.
Reality: You will eventually be thwarted (by pets, children, snoring...) but it can be just as adorable.
10.
Expectation: As time goes on, you get used to each other and maybe a little bit bored.
Reality: You know each other intimately — the good, the bad, and the ugly — and there's nothing more special.
Brett and Michelle navigate the realities of marriage in the new HBO comedy Togetherness. Watch Episode 1 for free on YouTube!
