You have probably seen that “first kiss” video online but if you haven’t, here you go.

While my husband and I didn’t have “special time” until we were married, kissing happened long before that date. I have no idea how you could not kiss, but that video reminded me of a couple who had made the same “no kissing” vow, but would nuzzle and kiss cheeks and make me wonder WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS. I’d prefer if they’d just given a quick kiss rather than subjecting me to all of their pent-up frustrations.

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Our very own Susan Wagner has written two posts about underwear: ‘Is your underwear sexy, or practical?‘ and ‘The underwear conundrum, take two.” I’ve enjoyed reading the comments because while I have been wearing thongs since my early twenties (TMI?). I don’t like the VPL (visual panty line) and thongs have freed me of my fear of someone looking at my rear end and gasping in horror not because of its size, but because of that tell-tale line.

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I love my husband. I do. So much so that it can be a bit nausea-inducing if I were to ramble on about it. He loves me, too, and not just because he is legally bound to do so.

Sunday night found us sitting in our living room, wine in hand. My husband is a pretty quiet guy for the most part. He tells me he loves me, we kiss hello and goodbye and have frequent “special time.” He encourages me often, whether it is about how he appreciates the work I do, or how he appreciates my body. Ahem.

Sunday was different. He started out with “I LIKE YOU.” I then asked what it was that he liked about me.

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I could talk about my first kiss EVER but it happened in the middle of a party when I was in ninth grade. I’d had a crush on Stephen for, oh, ever and we were talking and then he leaned in and kissed me and I thought it was so nice and fun and WAIT, I’ve NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE and WHAT IF I’M DOING IT WRONG? I pulled away, turned on my heel and ran home.

I clearly did it wrong.

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I came across a Cosmopolitan article via msn.com that was titled, “The Secret Happy Couples Know.” The article gives a bunch of fun ideas for a couple to do together to keep their relationship fun and full of life.

I was excited to see this, because as I mentioned before, we can get a little bit boring on our date nights.

As I read through the list I thought that “becoming margarita connoisseurs” would be a lot of fun. We have spent time trolling through You Tube and laughing our heads off. We also spent part of our date last weekend in Value Village. Matthew found a t-shirt with the logo “Frick N’ Eh Beer” which he purchased (and then wore to Bible Study. Yes. Yes, he did.)

There are a few other suggestions in that article that I think we need to try out.

How about you? Any ideas to bring back the punch-drunk love?

While perusing the Internet for a relationship article I came across this one on MSN titled, “Always Kiss Each Other Goodnight.” One of the quotes from the article made me nod and smile:

When you never forget to kiss each other good night, you create a life raft, and you can’t float away so quickly because you acknowledge each other, pause, connect and express your love.

At the risk of sounding more street than my white background could ever live up to, I have but one thing to say.

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My husband and I are both self-employed and spend the bulk of our days trading off work/parenting duties. In addition to working and parenting we are pretty good at firing the innuendos at each other. Our oldest child is now six, but so far he still has no idea what we are actually referring to. We may have to resort to speaking in code in the near future, which will probably be all sorts of awesome.

I am working at my former accounting firm for tax season and as such have not been at home. A few friends have sent me e-cards from someecards.com, and I thought it would be nice to send one to my husband since we are apart for about ten hours each day.

(Warning to my more conservative readers. The e-cards on that site are somewhat/horribly (Finger quote) inappropriate.))

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Back in the stone age when I didn’t have a blog I thought that people who met via online dating sites were a little, shall we say, weird. Now that I have fostered so many great friendships via the Internet I know that most people who hang out online are, in fact, weird. But the good, “kooky” weird as opposed to the “creeplor” weird. At least for the most part.

I came across this article yesterday which stated that due to the economy, people are looking for love to calm their fears.  Apparently “Psychologists think that tough times heighten people’s need for love and companionship.”

The article also states that in addition to online dating sites, people are paying for the services of professional matchmakers. I think that if I were single I might steer clear of a matchmaker, if only because I thought that’s what friends were for.

How about you? Would you use a professional matchmaker?