This afternoon I finally called the insurance company to get some renter's insurance. Yes, I konw, I've been living in the apartment for 15 weeks now, but it's better to be late than never. I mentioned this to Chris over the phone this evening, and his reaction caught me off gaurd. "Renter's insurance," he said, "We don't need that." He then said something about how he was surprised that I bought insurance without asking him first, because he was certain that if he had bought something "substantial" without consulting me first, I would get mad at him. Thinking in my head that this is related to his desire to buy a Play Station 3 because he will "need it" when he moves out here, I tried to justify myself by explaining that insurance is somewhat of a necessity, and that it costs less than $20 a month. He just responded by saying that he was okay with what I had done, but he warned me that he now had the go ahead to go out and buy something that "costs $1,500." He said all of this in his sarcastic tone, so I figured he was just giving me a hard time. We continued talking about some wedding details, but in the back of my head I was thinking about the insurance and how now that I'm practically married, maybe I should have run this by him first. Was this my first lesson in learning to make joint decisions? As I mentioned something about the quote that I received from the florist today (don't even get me started on that), Chris casually responded, "Well, now I don't feel so guilty about buying a new transmission." What? A new transmission? I couldn't help but start laughing. I suddenly understood his reaction about the insurance - he was just getting me ready for what he had done. We had discussed getting him a new transmission, but never anything too serious, so I thought. Of course he denied that the insurance reaction had anything to do with the fact that he had yet to tell me about the new transmission he bought yesterday, but I'm not completely convinced. I guess this just proves that we both have something to learn about making joint decisions.
Not even married yet and already adjusting to "married life." Ha! Bring it on because I'm ready!
