Candace Thompson

You shouldn’t go out of your way to try and get hurt. But you should realize that, when you get married, you have the whole rest of your lives together to be serious and responsible and loving.

She might be covered in flour, but there’s always a smile on her face.

Everyone assumes that you’re going to stop going out and having fun because you’re married, even though it doesn’t mean you’re any less single than when you were just dating.

The people who made fun of their friends who got married younger (i.e. before 26) are often the people who are going to be lonely at age 30.

We all know the couples where one person has been dragged away from the friend group, and no one should be that person.

Paying for dinner when you have money, and letting someone pay for it when they don’t. Taking turns with the expectation of who has to “foot the bill” when you go out.

They work and can have professional, high-earning jobs, but they know that a career or a promotion or an extra thousand dollars a month isn’t going to be what keeps them really happy or makes life worth living.

They are a single mom and a married mom all at the same time.