I don't know how to be a "wife".

That's it. That's all.

Names and titles come with their own set of expectations, both yours and others'.

But I have to remember that just a few years ago, I didn't know how to be a girlfriend, either. And then "fiance" sounded nice, but it was totally an in-between phase. That point of your life that is your becoming. It was mine.

It still is, it seems.