I don't feel different. Or do I?

I can't help but think the question is funny.

Merry and I were united in marriage June 30, in a private ceremony at Brazil City Hall.

While we've only been married for a week, this question seems to come quite often from friends and acquaintances:

"Do You Fee Any Different?"

The answer is simple: No.

Well, not really.

Merry and I have been together for nearly three years. We met each other in 2007.

I've told this story before, but still find it pretty cool.

She commented on a blog I had written on our website, www.thebraziltimes.com.

I had written a blog regarding chivalry not being dead. She responded in kind and we immediately began corresponding via e-mail.

From there, we met at a coffee shop for the first time.

We've been together since.

I proposed marriage only a few months later.

We purchased a home together in August 2008 and began our new life.

We finally took the plunge last week.

I don't really feel different since making everything official.

We were, after all, already living together. To me, I felt like I was already married.

Regardless, going through the ceremony was kind of nerve-racking.

I admit I was a little nervous. I might forget something that I would have to repeat.

But I didn't. And she didn't.

And now I'm ready to move forward with our lives.

We will be bringing in a new life this October.

I think we'll both be great parents. We're really excited about everything that has transpired over the course of this year.

But I don't feel any different.

Honestly, I don't.