Big Bang Theory makes me believe that Owen will have close friends, a successful career and a fulfilling life as an adult, even on his worst days.

He will! Honest! If I can do it, so can he!

Hey! So, when did GF/BF status become official? Did I miss it? Woo!

I dunno, from my first visit in early Oct? I just assumed we were bf/gf, and then later Monica mentioned how nice it was telling a prospective roommate that her boyfriend from Chicago would be visiting in Nov.

I assumed she was talking about me....

Wait, I'm supposed to have clean towels? I'm doing this marriage thing all wrong.

Well, whenever I've bought people stuff off their wedding registry, without exception there were always towels/linens on the registry. So I assumed that if we got married people would give us new towels for our newlywed dirt.

Hey! So, when did GF/BF status become official? Did I miss it? Woo!

I dunno, from my first visit in early Oct?

I don't remember you using the term, that's all. I think it's pretty damn cool!

I really want to be Tim's *wife* (I couldn't care less about a wedding, for reals), but I have to admit that part of me wants to get married to get new stuff that matches. Plates that match! And don't have cracks up the middle! Towels without stains of dubious origin! An espresso machine that blow-dries my hair!

The newness wears off sooner than expected, and you're back to towels with stains of dubious origin again.

We do still use our flatware. That's held up pretty well. The glasses we got are long since binned. The formal china comes out twice a year at most, and has to be stored.

The espresso machine never did double as a blow dryer.

I think it's pretty damn cool!

Thanks! It is pretty damn cool. Although I keep on having to remind myself I'm in a relationship--occasionally I slip back into thinking, "I'll never be in a relationship" before going, "WTF? Why am I still feeling that?" Just so used to that mode of thinking, I guess.

The newness wears off sooner than expected, and you're back to towels with stains of dubious origin again.

We do still use our flatware. That's held up pretty well. The glasses we got are long since binned. The formal china comes out twice a year at most, and has to be stored.

Well, I have no desire for formal china, but new stuff sounds keen and fluffy.

The espresso machine never did double as a blow dryer.

Dang. I was hoping it wasn't a myth. Well, maybe just a Keurig, then.

Although I keep on having to remind myself I'm in a relationship--occasionally I slip back into thinking, "I'll never be in a relationship" before going, "WTF? Why am I still feeling that?" Just so used to that mode of thinking, I guess.

I anticipate that same sort of feeling if I am ever in a relationship.

We do still use our flatware. That's held up pretty well. The glasses we got are long since binned. The formal china comes out twice a year at most, and has to be stored.

Ten years in, we're at the point where we need to replace almost every household thing we got for our wedding. Most of the knives from the flatware set have been lost. All but one of the salad plates has been broken. I think we maybe have two glasses that match?

And the espresso machine was yardsaled 8 years ago, since we never had room for it.

He will! Honest! If I can do it, so can he!

Excellent point!

Maybe it's cause I'm a writer who routinely dresses like shit, or maybe it's hard for me to be *truly* atypical and deal with how the show presents Liz Lemon's Hollywood Ugly

Erika, that's one thing that rubs me about 30 Rock. If Tina Fey is ugly, I'm the Elephant Man.