| It being a political year, I decided to jump on the bandwagon with my own campaign. It is an issue of the utmost importance and needs to be addressed immediately.
I am campaigning for a new law, a law that will strengthen marriages across the country. Forget about the divorce rate being so high. This law is sure to turn that around. What is it, you ask?
I am proposing a law that will require all couples to be given a second wedding shower on their tenth anniversary. Just think of how many couples will hold out for that ten year anniversary if they knew it meant more gifts. 
My husband and I will celebrate our ten year this year. Therefore, I was thinking how beneficial it would be to just have another shower. Think of all the time we could spend together like newlyweds preparing a registry. Think of how much smarter we could be with that registry. No fancy dinner settings that no friends or family could afford anyway.
No. We would be practical this time, real, down to earth. No more of that fantasy dreaming that we would have these formal sit down dinners. What were we thinking? We could barely fit four people in the breakfast nook of the little apartment we lived in at the time.
So this is my proposal. Every ten years a couple makes it they get a new shower. Here are the reasons why this is a good law.
1.) Towels-Everyone gets towels when they get married. It is some sort of rite of passage. Have you seen our towels? Ten years does a lot on towels and it isn't something you really want to spend money on-definitely a gift item.
2.) Reality set in at year two-Remember dreaming in the fine china department of a day of entertaining guests with a table full of your new fancy silverware and settings. Not to mention the water goblets, wine goblets, etc. Here is the deal, we got two sets of silverware and three glasses. Were we dreaming a little high class or what? The lady in the department at the time told us that it was ok to put the setting we really like because as the years progressed people could go back and buy items on your registry as gifts for anniversaries. Who give gifts to couples for their anniversary anyway? Ten years gives you the time to be knocked down off the high horse and realize that will never be you. With a new shower, the couple could ask for the realistic $10 full table settings from Target that would get used and last the actual ten years.
3.) Unrealistic Expectations-As a woman it was easy to begin decorating when we got married. The only problem is the husband hardly had a say in it. At some point during the ten years, the man gets nerve. The nerve to admit he hates the color purple. So here you are with your master bath, master comforter, etc. in purple. As the years progressed, you go over to the dark side as well. Then you are up in the morning feeling nauseous because for the 15th time in the last hour you have to see that purple shower curtain. When your young, stupid and in love, you take more risks on color schemes not realizing that eventually you will grow up and that favorite color as a little girl really doesn't fit in this marriage.
4.) Kids Change Everything-Usually by ten years, most couples have expanded their family. This changes everything. First that furniture that you loved so much is now covered in stains, holes, crayons, sticky unknown substances that no one will admit to know where it came from, etc. I remember having this nice oriental rug that my in-laws bought for us when we moved into our new house. We sold it in a garage sale a year after our first child. The kid tripped over it daily and with medical bills going out the roof-it was cheaper to get rid of the rug! Not to mention the stains and smell of it after he was done with it! After ten years, you know more what to expect.
5.) Friends Have More Money-Lets just cut the truth of all of this. It is a selfish law-I will give you that so lets just be honest. The friends I have now actually make more money and care more about my husband and I then the no-good freeloaders of friends that we had in college when we married. So the ten year could actually be more beneficial for us than the original shower gifts.
I can see this great campaign starting at the grassroots level. So feel free to tell your friends, family, etc. It is time to get the word out on this life changing law that will revolutionize the marriage community. Get the vote out! Oh and stay tune for my next article on a law that should outlaw non-neutral colors in the home when you are just starting out.
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