Is my marriage childish? (Lighthearted)

[CurryQuest]

So yesterday I was getting a bath when my husband came in. We keep some water guns in the bathroom as our two boys like to play with them when they're getting baths. He grabbed one and squirted me with water, so I got him back and this turned into a little water gun fight. We laughed a lot!

Later on, I was talking to my mum on the phone and my husband walked past and pretended to get me again. I laughed, mum asked why so I told her about the water fight.

She then replied by saying we sound really childish and ought to grow up a bit. I responded by saying there's nothing wrong with having a bit of fun with your husband and left it at that.

Are we really so childish? 😂 What childish things do you and your partners do?

We laugh at "come together" every single time we hear it. If we can't laugh out loud we do the eyebrow smirk look at eachother

We do this with nerf guns!

I think your Mum sounds a bit miserable, to be honest. Might she be slightly jealous of the fun you're having with your DH?

I’d fit right in with you two, I do the same 😂

DH and I often communicate just by making random noises at each other. It’s hard to describe and probably even weirder to observe, but it’s definitely not what I think sophisticated grown-ups do.

Oh, bloody hell!! This sounds perfect!

Your mum must SURELY recognise that there are times in life to be serious and other times when you can let loose a little and have a right old laugh with your partner?!?!

Being childish is hugely under-rated, and great fun. Your marriage sounds just fine!

Oh your mother wouldn't like my marriage then.

We had a full on water gun fight around our house on Saturday. Our house is built such that there are walls in the garden and little nooks and crannies to hide in . Both of us would sneak into the house now and then and open up certain windows for tactical advantage.

We're doing it again next weekend, weather permitting.

Laughing together and at the same things is the sign of a healthy and happy marriage. Laugh together at your mum's suggestion!

I think I would be like “WTF DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING” if DH squirted me with a water pistol.

BUT I am a grumpy old sod. Squirt away! Your mum is being a bit harsh there!

As long as you regularly Milton them then fire away!

We spent more time in the paddling pool this summer than the dcs. And had water fights. We also have sandcastle building contests and buy bubblegum ice lollies just so we can stick blue tongues out at each other. We both have responsible jobs when we’re not doing this, btw.

Ha ha sounds like me and DH ‘that’s what she said’ jokes are a daily occurrence and ‘you’re a pie’ is a regular insult. If you can’t have a laugh sometimes what’s the point?

DH are always doing nonsense like this. We had a tea towel fight in the kitchen while making tea tonight.

We play wrestle sometimes. We woke up dd once and she shared her indignation with everyone who will listen. They naturally assume we were having sex. Which on balance is probably less embarrassing than the truth.

I hate things like play fighting and water/food fights so this kind of thing wouldn't be my cup of tea at all, but luckily for you neither of you have to be married to me!

Seriously, everyone is different and if this is fun for you two then for gods sake - embrace it. There is plenty of stuff to be serious and worried and grown-up about, new things every day at the minute, so get your laughs where you can. And really who gives a shit what other people think (especially your mother).

Of course it’s a bit childish, but why can’t you be childish at times in your own home with your own husband!

Mine like to hide in the hall and jump out at me after watching scary films. Makes me scream every time!

We do this sort of thing all the time. Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.

We do silly stuff like this too, we once went outside at midnight and had a full on snowball fight just the 2 of us!

DH an I hide really badly from each other/the children (like standing with a blanket over are heads, or behind something way to small.) Sometimes accompanied by "whispers" about how they definitely can't see us. And pretending not to see each other.

We run away from the children in "fear" as well.

They are 9&11. They have perfected the eyeroll. But sometimes join in.

we always end up chasing each other round the kitchen trying to whip each other with tea towels when we're cooking, you know when you spin it round and crack it? always ends with us in stitches😂

We do random noises too. Constant Brooklyn Nine Nine quotes, everything is a song lyric so one shouts it out first then the other has to continue the next few lines. We poke each others bums going up the stairs. Balled up socks become brutal dodgeball fights. When I yawn he sticks his finger in my mouth 🙄. The list goes on.

We both have to be professional at work (him more than me as he's very high up in his field) so it's our way of just relaxing and being a bit silly. I now want water guns 😄

We do a little cheer and wave our arms in the air any time one of the judges on Masterchef says "delightful"!

Sounds like DH and I.

Kids are getting in on the singing now, not song lyrics with them but I'll shout like that thing from lion king so it sounds like a lyrical "arsehn veynyaaaaa" and they'll shout it back, or other stuff.

Big kids us, and I love it. Always laughing. Life is too hard and too much shit in the world to not be daft at every opportunity.

We also pass each other sweeties under the monitors if the others been on a long teams meeting.

We spend 6days and nights a week together, rarely apart cause we both WFH, if we weren't childish 50% of the time I'm not convinced we'd survive.

We do 'your mum' jokes. So when I saw a story of an ancient dinosaur being discovered last week I naturally sent a link to dh with 'looks like they found your mum'. If we watch something like stranger things we are in a race to shout out that the monster is the others mum, it's very sad, but we've been doing it for 25 years now. Can't see it stopping.