we're a pair

So...I'm doing a little thinking this week as I think back on the night that Jerry proposed to me and as we spend our last bit of time together before he deploys. Jerry proposed to me in the wee hours of the morning on November 22, 2006. It caught me completely off guard, but I still remember him starting the proposal part of the conversation by saying, "We're a pair." And, as different as we are as individuals, we really are a pair (in a good way). It's funny how little things can remind me of what makes us a good pair. The other day, one of the soldiers that Jerry works with asked me what Gant was like at home. He was trying to picture Jerry as something other than the serious, barely-smiling person that Jerry is at work. I told him that we make each other smile and laugh. Later, the soldier told Jerry that he had asked me that question and Jerry told him that he's a complete goofball when he's with me. The soldier said that he had never really hung out with Jerry outside of work, so he had never seen that side of him. And Jerry said, "Oh no, I'm not like that with other people. Just my wife!" Later that same day, Jerry and I went to pay our phone/internet bill and the guy was telling us that there was a late fee. Granted, we were paying after the due date, but when we worked with the same company in Schweinfurt, we never had any late fees and we almost always paid after the due date. So I started asking questions and the guy thought I was being an angry bitch. Immediately Jerry came to my defense, telling the guy that I wasn't angry or accusing, but that I was just trying to understand why it was different in the two places, so that in the future I would do the right thing. It was nice that the guy calmed down and removed the late fee, but nicer that I have a husband who really does understand me, at least sometimes. I love that we are able to understand each other and bring something to the other's life that makes it more fun!I think he was right, we are a pair!