Eva Longoria (Isabella) reveals why she loves married love
When THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS’ Eva Longoria (Isabella) promised to love fellow actor Tyler Christopher (ex-Nikolas, GENERAL HOSPITAL) in good times and bad, she never would have guessed that all that lay in store for them were good times and better ones! "We just celebrated our first wedding anniversary [on January 20]," she relates. To celebrate, the happy married rented a cabin in Big Bear Lake, CA, and spent a weekend snowboarding with eight of their closest pals. "That was the fun part," the still-blushing bride maintains, "having our friends along for the ride."
Of course, there’s nothing that the sweethearts enjoy more than one another’s company. That’s why, after Christopher spent much of 2002 globe-trotting for his film and primetime roles, he and Longoria agreed that the next 12 months would be all about them. "Last year, we were apart a lot, with Tyler traveling so much," says his wife, adding that the reality of their life together is rather different than she imagined it would be. "We eloped, and I really romanticized what I thought being married would be like.
"But," she goes on, "I soon realized that marriage is a lot of work. The first year was really hard. So we decided this Christmas that we were going to concentrate on being together. Where he goes, I go, and vice versa. We cook together every night, we go to the gym together, we run lines together!"
In what little spare time they have, they fix up their new Los Angeles–area home. "We bought a beautiful, Spanish-style house, and we’ve done it in a Mexican and Native-American décor [in honor of our respective heritages]," she reveals. "Anyone who walks in knows we live here!" (The couple love going out in their new beighborhood as much as they like staying in: There’s a dog park down the block and only one Starbucks! "The rest are independents," Longoria notes.)
As if they don’t now get all the quality time they could possibly desire, Longoria and Christopher have taken added steps to make sure they remain each other’s focus. "We decided against taking on any new projects," the ambitious performer admits. "And just in the past four months, we changed our phone numbers and disconnected from the world." Isn’t it romantic?
Eva Longoria
