However, in the 8 months that we have spent together, I feel as though if there truly is one person out there for everyone, Paul was the one person made for me.
When we are together, the best way to describe my life with him is all the time I spent as a child playing pretend with dolls, pretending I was a wife and mom, with an imaginary husband, and everything was perfect... that is how life is with Paul. All my childhood dreams come to life with one person.
A few things are different I suppose. When I was little, my husbands name was always Mark. I thought that was a very grown up husbandy name, and since I never had any boys to play house with me, my husband Mark was usually away at war... he also didn't have a Scottish accent... and we didn't live in Scotland...
It's fun for me to think of the differences in our cultures.
Upon meeting Paul's family for the first time I tried to google American vs Scottish cultural differences... ya know I didn't want to do something stupid and make his family think I was just some silly American that didn't belong with their son.
The only thing I found was that they never put their knife down when they eat. The cut with the right hand and eat with the left where as most Americans switch the fork back and forth between hands and put their knife on the edge of their plate when it's not in use. That didn't seem so bad...I can eat while holding my knife!
They speak English over there, but not like we do here.
For example:
Wee = Little or small
Tea = Dinner
Cuppa = Tea (I know its a little confusing...)
Que = Line
Road Works = Road Construction
Cheers = Thank you
Nappy= diaper
Pram=Stroller
Wibbley=Jell-o
Row=Yell
Cot=Crib
Bonnie=Pretty
Jab= Shots (immunizations)
Moterway =Interstate
"The Shops" = Store
Ta = Thank You
Shattered = really tired
knackered = tired
poofy = gay
rubber = eraser
fizzy drink = pop
barens = kids
weeuns- babies
tattie= potato
filum=movie
Pavement = sidewalk
on offer = on sale
oven chips - oven french fries
Just to name a few... I typically find these words out as I misuse them, but it's hard to keep a lot of them straight... I never meant to insult Paul by telling him his hair was "poofy".
Some things I will definitely need to get use to...
* driving on the other side of the road....
* stores closing at 5 every day... except Thursdays where they are open until 8 I think
* 20% tax on goods
* buying gas by the liter
* No wal-mart
* no Taco Johns
* no McGriddles at McDonald's
* no Graham Crackers
* no Hazelnut coffee Creamer
I think I will be OK though! :D I will be with Paul <3
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