{"id":864,"date":"2009-01-12T20:16:57","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T02:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zephyrusanemoi.com\/blog\/?p=864"},"modified":"2020-02-06T20:25:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T02:25:36","slug":"this-is-what-marriage-is-actually-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/this-is-what-marriage-is-actually-like\/","title":{"rendered":"This is what marriage is actually like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve not been in quite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvponline.com\/comic\/2009\/01\/12\/your-order-has-shipped\">this exact situation<\/a>, but I have made impulse purchases on specialty items before and been punished for it by the wife-being.<\/p>\n<p>I feel this is a good time to bring up how excellent is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvponline.com\/\">PvPOnline.com<\/a>. I&#8217;ve been reading it almost as long as I&#8217;ve been reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/\">Penny Arcade<\/a>. 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