Twenty years ago, I was about 20 lbs lighter. Yes, I know... seriously underweight. That's not a good image, but I lose weight when I'm under stress. I can't help it. And getting ready for a wedding is stressful.
Yup, you guessed it... I've been with Mr. Sometimes-Wonderful for 20 years now.
No I still haven't gotten my birthday chair. (To give him credit... we did go to buy one I had seen on eBay, but the auction ended so we're waiting to see if the guy relists it). I doubt I'll get a gift today, but there's really nothing important that I want anyway.
But I probably will get a vase of flowers from the grocery store floral department... generally mostly carnations because he likes how they smell. (I prefer daffodils or lilies, but it's not really the right season for either of those.) He usually has them mix in one red rose too, I guess because your wife is supposed to get red roses.
We're not going out tonight because he wants to wait for another 1 1/2 weeks... he's trying to make weight for a sporting event that is coming up and he wants to enjoy his steak & seafood meal, so we are going to postpone our night out until he can actually eat. Don't worry, I'll hold him to it. We WILL get our night out!
But... he remembered it. Some men don't even do that! In fact, he remembered and told me "Happy Anniversary" even before I remembered this morning. Of course... he is a morning person and I'm not, and it was 6 am... but I'm willing to give credit where credit is due. :)
He may not always be Mr. Wonderful, but he's a good guy. Smart... nice looking... funny... hard working (often too hard-working!)... perhaps a bit too obsessed with his aging process, but we all have our issues with getting older.
My main complaint is that I wish he could just live life today instead of always saying what we will do next week or next month. I think life is more fun if you can be spontaneous once in a while and just say "screw it" to all that stuff that should be done. You never know you won't have a next week or next month. Planning for the future is wonderful, but the future arrives before you know it, and if you always put off those little things until you have more time, you may never find time.
Take my word for it... twenty years is like nothing. You need to enjoy each day of it.
