What do marshmallow jokes have to do with marriage? Maybe nothing for you, but for us, they mean a lot of fun.
Marshmallow Jokes and more:
I know I’ve said before, that Jason and I like to play practical jokes on each other. Today I thought I would share some of those practical jokes.
I cannot remember when the marshmallow jokes started, but one day I found a marshmallow in my cereal. So a couple of weeks later, Jason found one in his cottage cheese. You never know when one of those nasty little things will pop up. One day, I took and cut one up into very small pieces and mixed them into his salad!
It’s not like we enjoy eating marshmallows, because we don’t. (We buy them for s’mores and they never get all ate). But we do enjoy hiding and finding them. It has something to do with opening up your container of food and realize that the other person is probably thinking of you right now and snickering to themselves over a joke that should be really old by now, but isn’t.
Besides marshmallow jokes, we play other pranks as well. Like an un-wrapped slice of cheese in some-ones sandwich. Glitter on a towel. Soap on a tooth brush. Instead of buttering the top of a slice of bread, there is a thick layer of butter all the way around the outside (crust) of the bread!
Or my all time favorite: We didn’t really date, (or court for that matter) but every once and awhile when Jason had a little extra money, he would take me out to eat. One of the very first times we went out to a nice restaurant, he showed his true maturity by blowing his straw wrapper at me! As the oldest of 6 kids, I was not amused. But, I did plot revenge. (showing my true maturity! lol)
Sitting across from him in the booth, I had my straw in my lap as I began pulling the wrapper off. As I pulled, I twisted the paper, so that when the wrapper was clear off the straw I had a little paper stick. That paper stick was then slid inside the straw! I reached for his drink, saying I wanted to taste it and slid my straw in. Then proceeded to drink out of his straw and pull it out, leaving my straw with the paper inside it, in his glass. I still laugh as I remember his face when he pulled a very soggy wrapper out of his mouth!
Playing pranks on each other keeps the fun alive. Marriage can become ho-hum; work, come home, eat dinner, do something around the house for a bit, go to bed. Our marshmallow jokes and all the other pranks we pull, keep things lively. 🙂
On to Matrimonial Monday. We are getting the new name in place, thanks to all of your helpful votes last week, but I just ran out of time to do anything with it yet.
Thanks for sharing your fun, Kendra. My husband left a plastic cockroach on the soap in my shower one day. Of course, I had to get him back, so I put it in his sandwich. After that, it was all-out war! The cockroach appeared on my pillow, then in his underwear drawer. . . the really bad part about it is that occasionally, here in the South, a real cockroach will come into our house. After seeing the plastic one everywhere, I assumed the real one was the fake one and went to pick it up. Imagine the shriek when it moved! “He who laughs last laughs best” really came true that day as my husband rolled around on the floor. 🙂 Blessings to you!
Oh Lori! that makes me laugh so hard! Thanks for sharing your funny story. And the link-up is live now. So sorry ding-a-ling me forgot to put it in earlier.
Oh how fun! I am not very good with practical jokes that involve fake bugs but I could handle a marshmallow, lol! Thanks for hosting today!
Just popping back over to say thanks for linking up to Making Your Home Sing Monday!
Kendra,
These jokes are so funny—and such a great way to let each other know you’re thinking of one another. I really love the marshmallow thing—very cool. In our case, I am great at remembering movie or song lines, so there’s at least a few times every day that he will say something and I just randomly quote something applicable. This always cracks him up, but it’s especially useful when times are tense and the situation needs lightening up. 🙂
Hope you have a blessed week!
Sarah
Always having a quirky come-back really would make things funny! And I’m sure you are like me and love to see your husband laugh 🙂
Very funny Kendra, jokes do help keep love alive.
Thanks for the party!
That is HILARIOUS. I’m going to have to remember the straw trick!! And we don’t often have marshmallows in the house, but maybe I can think of something else to sneak in his food. 🙂 I love how much fun you two have! Yesterday in the car we were laughing a lot… at a street sign that was hanging upside-down, at a man on an old-fashioned bike (one of the kind with a huge front wheel and a tiny back one)…at the songs on the CD we were listening to. 🙂 It was so much fun.
Just having fun together and laughing can really bring you a lot closer as a couple!
Oh wow, you guys have quite the traditions! My husband plays pranks on me all the time. Recently we were at a toy store together and I saw him buying a rubber snake, and I told him, “How can you prank me with a snake when I saw you buy it?” 😛 I never seem to be very successful at pranking him, though.
Ahaha! That’s funny about the snake! I like them, so that wouldn’t work for hubby 😉
Laughter and jokes are so important in marriage. You have to be able to laugh together or life gets so hard. It’s good to see couples having fun and not being so serious.
Kim
Yes, if we couldn’t laugh together, I think things would be downright awful at times.
Sounds like so much fun, Kendra! Not taking ourselves too seriously, isn’t that one of the best pieces of advice for a couple? Love this example of what that looks like!
Playing pranks and having fun with each other is what keeps you young!
Kendra, I just love the laughter you and your husband share! My husband and I don’t play jokes on each other {although, I may have to start after reading this post!}. But my husband laughs easily, and his laughter makes me laugh! I’m so thankful God gave us humor!
Blessings to you ~ Mary
I love to hear my husband laugh 🙂
Good way to keep the laughter alive!