So my husband doesn't do valentine's day. He says it's over commercialized and he hates that a man is expected to prove his love by purchasing overpriced flowers and gifts. So we don't celebrate it. Don't decorate for it. Nothing.
This year, I decided i wanted to change that. We've been going through a hard time, and I wanted to do something fun to mark the occasion. So I bought him a little something. It cost five whole dollars. I told him about a week ago, that I was going to give him something small.
Now I'm feeling foolish. What seemed fun at the time just sounds stupid now. I don't think I'll give it to him after all. He probably wouldn't like it anyway.
So instead I cut out lots of paper hearts and pasted them to his bathroom mirror. Simple, inexpensive, but a tangible thing. It took some time. It took some effort.
I am wondering if he will do anything at all for me. I'm trying not to hope. I mean, surely with over a week's worth of notice, knowing that I was planning something special for him, he will take the hint, right?
I wish it didn't matter.
Sooooooooo, what happened? Did he or didn't he? Did you give him the $5 gift?
ReplyDeletesigh . . . it's so hard to change patterns in marriage. It's so hard to go back to the beginning and rekindle.
It feels like romance and life are on two separate planes sometimes.
I want to know also!?
ReplyDeletewhat happened? Did he do something or didn't he?
Marriage is work everyday... and just like work, sometimes we enjoy it and sometimes... it sucks :)