During our recent office outing, one of my single teammates asked if we worried that marriage would decrease the passion and bring boredom and monotony to the relationship.

I answered that it didn't, for us. It merely changed the pace -- instead of rushing to maximize every minute spent, we could now enjoy quiet moments just doing nothing, holding hands, looking at each other (then bursting out laughing for no reason).

When I mentioned that conversation to Amity her immediate response was, "how can it ever get boring with children?" For all my rhetoric, she is again able to get to the point. She's right. Our kids make every day so much richer, and bring unexpected opportunities for us to discover new things about each other as persons, partners and parents. And then there's the experience of discovering the world all over again through my sons' eyes. Yup, how can it ever get boring?