Hello, Mrs. Doublefly here. For some reason, Doublefly seems to think his mostly 20-something-single male readers would have an interest in something I, a suburban housewife and mother, might have to say. I tried convincing him otherwise but you can see who won this battle. Doublefly wanted me to post some simple recipes for his "young bachelor blog read'n dudes." And I'll do this but before I jump right into telling you how to make fried rice, I kinda wanted to share with you a snapshot perspective of what it's like being married to a poker player.

The most interesting thing here is that for every positive point about being married to a pro on-line poker player and what this job entails, there's a counter point. Literally, it's a 50-50 breakdown. Here are some examples:

Pros - Doublefly's work hours. It doesn't get any better than Doublefly taking Mrs. Fly out to a movie-n-lunch date. You know, on a Wednesday. You know, just because he feels like it. Yes, admittedly, because "the tables suck" but it still rocks that we can do this once in awhile. There is something delightfully sinful about going on a date in broad daylight when we have two small boys. Albeit two small boys who are in school. Another one? Holidays. We can pretty much tailor our Christmas exodus outta town so we don't hit traffic with the best of merry makers. And Doublefly's work hours also means he's here when the boys come home from school. This is golden.

Cons - Doublefly's work hours. Weekends are usually when the family spends quality r&r time. This is when daddy is home and can hang out with the family right? Not so much when daddy's working the graveyard shifts Friday and Saturday nights because these are prime poker nights. This means daddy Doublefly crawls into bed anywhere between 4 to 6 am and needs to get some major shut eye. This means mommy is alone with two boys who want to play Bakugan and Thomas the tank engine. KILL. ME. NOW. It's literally like a party love-fest when daddy Doublefly shimmies down to join us around noon. Oh, such joy and screams of delight as he gets rock star treatment. And me? I'm basically chopped liver. It's pretty painful.

Pro - Doublefly is home 24/7. It's nice to have a handyman around 24/7. Well, not when he's playing or sleeping of course but it's nice knowing that he can fix the plumping. Or fix the light fixtures. Or. Actually that's pretty much it but hey, that's still better than nothing!

Con - Doublefly is home 24/7. Need I say more?? He can get a bit "creepy" at times if you wanna know the truth... ewwww...

to be continued tomorrow...