the anti-bucket list

Originally posted September 30, 2012

While we're on the topic of guys and romance...

The world has a bucket list.

It looks something like this.

[x] receive flowers from a guy

[x] hold hands with a guy

[x] get asked out 

[x] get a boyfriend

[x] kiss my boyfriend

[x] hear him say, "I love you"...

[] etc.

But for us, shouldn't it look a little different?

In Sarah Mally's book, Before You Meet Prince Charming, she writes out a list of a few "firsts" you can save for your husband, like first special memory, gift given, personal letter, serious ongoing correspondance, words of affection or love, a ring, special nickname, etc. as well as the first kiss.  To the world, that list is like a bucket list - how many of those things can we check off?  But when I realized how many of the "firsts" I'd already unwittingly given away, I could only endeavor to save the rest for my husband.  Instead of trying to figure out how we can "check off" most of these things, let's see how many we can save for our future husbands!

I was feeling rather inspired so I made this little graphic on Powerpoint / Paint to go with today's post! It's not the best quality because I don't know much about making these graphic thingymabobbers, but here 'tis, and you can use it however you like!

"Klarabelle"