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Update your Facebook status

Even if you never listed your relationship status before, do so now. You finally have a solid reason creeps and exes should leave you alone! Take advantage of it. Plus, odds are you never listed your relationship status because you didn’t know if the relationships would last, so show your husband you have faith in your marriage and list it.

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Try to have dinner together

At least see if your schedules can accommodate the two of you having dinner together before grabbing yourself takeout or a sandwich from the office cafeteria. Your husband is your family—officially—and families eat dinner together more often than not. At least, the ones who stay together do…

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Be extra conscious of your figure

This just refers to the first month or two immediately after your wedding. Why? Because in the months leading up to it you were on an intense diet to look incredible in your wedding pictures, and jumping back into your old eating habits will make you pack on weight fast. Ease back into eating normally so your husband doesn’t freak out thinking he’s living the typical story of the woman who turns wife who turns, well, fat.

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Mention that you’re married

Oh yeah, when men are around who could potentially take an interest in you, mention that you’re married. When you were just a girlfriend, it was understandable if you waited for that to “happen to come up.” But it’s embarrassing for your husband (even if he’s not there to witness it) if you wait two hours to mention to a flirty man that you’re a married woman.

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Befriend other married couples

Seriously. They’re lonely. And you’ll probably be lonely. Your single friends won’t invite you out as much anymore. They just won’t. And a lot of what they do is best enjoyed by singles anyways, so befriend married couples so you can enjoy movies and dinner without someone feeling like a third wheel.

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Stay in when he’s tired a little more

Pre-marriage, if your guy was tired and wanted to cancel plans, it was sweet if you stayed with him but not mandatory. Once you’re married, you should make a switch to mostly staying in when your husband isn’t up to the plans you two made together. It’s a bad look to your friends if you come out without him a lot.

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Prioritize your husband

Your friends can no longer make you feel bad for putting a man before your friends—he’s your husband now. You’re completely allowed to work your schedule around him, and put your friends second. Your husband should be your best friend, anyways! Your friends should still be highly prioritized, but you might have to loosen the tight grip you had on the “hos before bros” mentality.