See this dress? It's mine. I bought it, I chose it, and for the first time in twenty-nine years, Amanda cannot take it out of my closet when I'm not looking. That's what marriage has given me. Freedom.
For those of you who didn't grow up in our house, I'm the little sister, so let me explain the system. There was one bathroom. There were two teenage girls. And there was a green cardigan that technically belonged to me but lived, permanently, on Amanda's floor. I would iron a shirt, hang it up, turn around, and it would vanish into the mist like something out of a nature documentary. I once found my favorite jeans in her gym bag with a note that said "borrowing, love you." She'd been "borrowing" them since 2011.
And the bathroom. Oh, the bathroom. I learned to do my entire morning routine in the four-minute window between Amanda finishing her shower and Amanda deciding she needed a second shower. I have brushed my teeth in a hallway. I have applied mascara using the reflection in the microwave.
But here's what I actually want to say. Every single time I needed her, Amanda handed things over without a second thought. The cardigan, sure, but also her time, her advice, the last of her paycheck when my car died, the couch in her apartment for three months I still haven't properly thanked her for. She has never once made me feel like a burden. She just makes room.
Kyle, you've married a woman who gives everything she has to the people she loves. Be warned: your closet is now community property. But I promise you got the better end of the deal.
So to Amanda and Kyle. May you share everything, argue about nothing that matters, and may your bathroom, unlike ours, always be big enough for two.
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