2. Vacations can only happen on school holidays when the prices are highest. Unfortunately, your spouseâs salary will not stretch far enough to cover going anywhere âfancyâ during this time, so unless you have another source of income, youâre probably staying home!
3. Youâll probably be working at another job in summer when your spouse is off. Teachers are usually not happy about the end of this âtwo month long prep period.â Reminding your spouse that he or she just had a âlong vacation and should be happyâ may result in consequences you do not like. So be forewarned!
4. Your spouse may feel it necessary to correct other peopleâs children in public places. Just DEAL WITH IT!
5. Your spouse may view a trip to an amusement park or mall as an opportunity to study the parenting skills of total strangers, and may enjoy discussing this with you. Again- just DEAL WITH IT!
6. You will have to watch your spouse put in a good 12 hours per day (at least!) in return for a teeny tiny paycheck. Please understand that attempting to persuade her to work less because she is not getting paid much will result in nothing more than GLARES.
7. You WILL get sick more often than some people due to second hand germs passed along from the children in the classroom. Stock up on vitamins!
8. You may find out that your grammar, spelling, and punctuation is not perfect. Arguing about what is right and wrong is useless, so give it up!
9. You may get served pizza and tater tots for dinner because it smelled sooooo good in the cafeteria!
10. If you play Scrabble, Words with Friends, or Trivial Pursuit (especially the kidsâ version!) you WILL get beaten! Please lose gracefully! (Remember: Teachers never cheat!)
11. You may find that your spouseâs wardrobe consists of very bright t-shirts that say things like âIâm still in kindergarten and I LOVE IT!â Pointing out that âno one else puts their profession on their t-shirtâ will not make these items disappear!
12. Please realize that much of your spouseâs paycheck is going right back into the classroom and thereâs nothing you can do about it. Your spouse is on a mission, and thatâs why he or she is willing to invest his own money (and yours, too!)
13. Your cupboard may often be filled with school fundraiser popcorn and cheesecakes. True, you could have purchased them for much less at the grocery store, but it was for a good cause!
14. Your dinner time conversation will be filled with the life stories of every kid in your spouseâs classroom until you know them all by name and could probably identify them from a police line up.
15. You find out that your spouse finds you the most sexy when youâre helping to put up bulletin boards.
16. You get to help house all of the âclass petsâ on vacations. Just âlet it go,â and try to ignore the smell!
17. Realize that expecting your spouse to make a lovely dinner on Friday nights when he or she is totally exhausted is useless. This is what restaurants are for!
18. Your spouse will at least once in your life telling you something like, âthat âcrazyâ mom or dadâ was in the principalâs office registering a complaint about them. On that day, you will need to give your spouse a glass of wine and a really good back rub. Or even a professional massage! 
19. Showing up at your spouseâs school events, such as Open House or that class play (and making nice, supportive comments about how it went) will take you FAR when it comes to âpay back time,â so think carefully when itâs time to choose what you will do for the evening!
20. You may come to be known best based on the identity of your spouse.
And this one may only apply to me, so it really doesnât âcount,â but I thought it was kind of funny, so here it is!
