That's love.

We outgrew our mix tape.
Well, CD, really.
The one that has Honeymoon CD written on it with a sharpie.

During our anniversary getaway last weekend we brought it along for old times sake. It just wasn't the same. It wasn't about us anymore. Those songs will always bring back sweet memories, but not the same feelings. We've moved on to a bigger, better play list now--with songs that are funny, songs that are deep, songs that were just a part of our life for whatever reason. It certainly makes for a much more interesting compilation than those old songs, especially the ones so soaked in romance that no one really knows what they are talking about anyway.

So, on the official day of our anniversary, I bring you one of our favorite titles. This one always makes us laugh, and we know exactly what it is talking about.

That's Love
from Brad Paisley's Part II album

There ain't a woman in the world
That wants to hear the word Yes
When she asks you if you think that she looks chubby
in that dress

And if she cooks all day
You better eat it with a smile
It doesn't matter if it tastes just like bad gravy
on a Goodyear tire

All right, so you bend the truth
That's something that you'll have to get used to
'Cause that's love
You'll see
We all commit a little bit of perjury
Oh but that's no crime if you ask me
That's love

You're starin' at a burnt steak
You bite the bullet
and you clean your plate
And you go on and on about how great it was
That's not a lie - that's love

Well it's the very same thing she does for you
When she doesn't bring up the fifteen pounds
That you need to lose
And every time she runs her fingers through your hair
And she says she kind of likes the way
There's not as much of it there

All right so she bends the truth
That's somethin' that you have to get used to
'Cause that's love
You'll see
We all commit a little bit of perjury
Oh but that's no crime if you ask me
That's love

You're bummin out so she says
"There's somethin' kinda sexy 'bout a bald head
Oh and honey, it'll make you look twice as tough"
That's not a lie - that's love

All right, so you bend the truth
That's somethin' that you're both gonna do
That's love
You'll see
We all commit a little bit of perjury
You say "I like it when your mama comes to visit us"
That's not a lie
That's not a lie - that's love

And to my sweetheart,

You always tell me I look good on my bad-hair days. And you never say I smell bad after I've been cleaning the entire day. And you never seem to have noticed when I have something in my teeth or when I have cried my make-up all down my face (even when I wish you would have.) And you humor me when I laugh at Taylor Swift with T-Pain.

You've taught me so much, especially patience. And that you can learn quite a bit just by having the TV on for hours at a time (like what the top 100 music videos of the eighties were and how to cook a suckling pig). And that "Good Housekeeping cleaning" (sprucing up just enough to make it look like a room you might see in the magazine, never mind the smell coming from... somewhere) is good enough for some days. You are the best at doing the dishes. You are such a quick-thinking driver. Your Rock Band skills never disappoint. And I'm flattered that you like my soft-scrambled eggs so much.

That's not a lie. That's love.



And how's this for love: Jason received a box of Reese's Puffs from me, with a promise that I will not complain if he eats them all.

My cousin Angie and I fight similar cereal battles. To read her funny post about this, go here