First, we knew that we were going to be married. We already had a date set, so there was essentially no turning back. When we got married we wanted it to feel different. And it did. There is something to be said about getting married and then sharing a home together, it makes the marriage feel real when you finally live together. We dated for 6 years before we got married but I never knew that Michael liked to hang his t-shirts (what a weirdo) or read non-fiction books about dogs before going to bed. I like that there were still things for us to learn about our relationship.