My husband almost never brings me flowers. But as recently as last week he surprised me with 2 dozen roses... red, not because he's romantic but because he had a choice of red, pink or white and made a random choice.
Funny man. He said he thought of sending me to buy them and I could therefore choose the colour.
'That would miss the point then, Love.'
'Would it?' he replied.
I don't think he was kidding. I think he really doesn't get the romance thing.
But he tries.
Life isn't a vase full of roses, and marriage isn't all cuddles and embraces (see sculpture strategically located next to flowers). But life and love are what you make it.
Our twentieth anniversary will come up this winter. I may remember 'on the day'. I didn't on our first (he did!), and neither of us remembered 17 or 18. But it doesn't matter. The day doesn't really matter to us, but the life together does.
So if your spouse is forgetful, or doesn't 'get' the romance thing, consider: what does s/he 'get'? Commitment, loyalty, faithfulness - these matter. Because a vase of flowers will inevitably wither and die. Love doesn't have to.
4 comments:
Ms. Tun,
A wonderful post and most of all, Happy Upcoming 20th Anniversary!. I will be celebrating 28 years with my lovely bride this coming winter.
Blessings!
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Best to you, also! Our anniversary isn't until March - plenty of time to forget all about it, as we both sometimes do!
Congratulations. I like that you look for the good in the not so perfect situations and the not so perfect people in your life. Twenty years of marriage is a tribute to faithfulness, forgiveness and commitment. My husband and I are approaching our 40th!
Thank you so much, Pam. And congrats on every one of your 40 years together. Life is full of surprises. We are blessed with some consistencies, aren't we!
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