You Know that You're Married to a Marine When...

This is what Tim does most days after TBS

1. Your washing machine has a layer of silt in the bottom
2. Your husband's socks are organized by color
3. You must check your husband's dog tags before you hug him (they all look the same from the back!)
4. You multiply a recipe's serving size by four each meal time
5. Supper is any time between 6 PM and 1 AM
6. On some days, you can smell your husband 25 yards away
7. You find that 80 percent of your home video collection is rated R for war violence
8. When things go wrong, you say, "Semper Gumby!"
9. You enjoy driving on base because you get saluted at the checkpoints
10. You know more about your husband's buddies than he does, because you know their wives
11. Your husband doesn't know his buddies' first names
12. You find that timidity is not an option in life
13. The colors of your husband's rainbow tend to be tan, brown, green, olive, and black
14. Going to the shooting range qualifies as a date
15. "Secured" is your favorite word (that means time to come home!)
16. You think your husband needs a haircut if his hair is more than 1/4 inch long
17. The bulk of your shopping tends to be on the 1st and 15th of each month (payday!)
18. Your friends' baby showers tend to coincide with their husband's promotion to captain (twice as much pay as 1st. Lt.)
19. You think that the commissary is the best thing since sliced bread
20. Your husband can't run errands on his way home from work (not allowed to wear camies when off duty)
21. Your husband refuses to use an umbrella (he claims this is a well known rule)
22. Your husband has a dress code, even when off duty (Collared shirt, no flip flops, no rips or tears, no tatoos...)
23. The neighbors can follow a trail of mud from your car to your front door.