Romance is not dead

Today is my wedding anniversary. I know this because I have it recorded in my computer’s calendar it is emblazoned onto my heart.

I was also reminded that today is a special day when she who must be obeyed presented me with an envelope. And not just any envelope; but a home-made envelope containing a home-made card.

She had written a suitably romantic message inside the card, describing just what a wonderful husband I am. It was all true.

Also in the envelope were a couple of gift vouchers. One was for a breakfast at Starbucks:

The other was also for a cup of coffee, assuming you are the President of Burundi; otherwise it was a euphemism for something more personal. Which means I can’t show you the voucher.

Very sweet of her, and caught me rather by surprise. Of course I had researched as to what would be appropriate for the occasion. A suitable gift for four years, according to American tradition, is something made of silk. I had visions of Jim Thompson and credit card meltdown; so that was out. ‘American modern’ recommends “electrical appliances” which could easily, and dangerously, stray into mobile phone territory; so that was a non-starter too. UK traditional suggested fruit; perfect!

“It’s a tradition of my country that I buy you fruit”, I told her. “So I am going to get you…. a pineapple!”

It was the first fruit that came into my head, but a bad choice because she enjoys almost any fruit you can find, apart from pineapple.

I modified the offer to mango, although I haven’t actually bothered to go out and get one yet.

Next year I will do better. Five years is celebrated with wood. I will get her a floorboard. Sometimes it scares me that I am so romantic.

Comments 🔗

2010-07-06 | Pete says

Congratulations on 4 years. I’ve managed to avoid strangling mine for 19 years now; more by luck than judgement sometimes (insert tongue-in-cheek smiley here). Hope you have a load more years of happiness with SWMBO.

2010-07-06 | genuinej says

I think you’re just an old, (very old ?) softie. But good luck to you, you jammy bastard! Btw, just for the sake of correctness, on to is (are?) two separate words, as distinct from into, which is’nt. And you maybe getting ahead of yourself by taking it for granted that there will be a fifth anniversary to celebrate, especially if the property developers finger your cynicsim as one of the causes of their lack of sales. Happy anniversary.

2010-07-06 | Qon says

congrats… i suck at romance too bro. we’re so similar, its scary.

2010-07-07 | Spike says

Pete, thanks and congrats on making it so far.

genuinej, thanks for highlighting that grammatical error. However, as ‘onto’ is being used to describe how the verb ’emblazoned’ is applied to the object ‘heart’, then I would argue that ‘onto’ is the correct word in this instance. Actually, I can’t arsed to argue, I will just continue to use what I think is correct.

I carried on to Bangkok before stopping for a coffee. The cat jumped onto the carpet and did a massive shit.

Qon, maybe we are brothers? In which case I think we need to have a chat to our mother…..