I completely forgot Thursday was my 27 year anniversary until Tuesday, when a friend mentioned there we had two days till Flag Day. I didn’t even know there was a flag day until I scheduled my wedding for the same day. At the time, Dad said, “Now you’ll never forget your anniversary.”
I laughed. Who could forget a wedding anniversary?
Had it not been for Flag Day, I would have been doomed. And I had such confidence Gary had forgotten too, I decided on my 27th anniversary present. I didn’t want sculpture, the “Modern” 27th anniversary gift, I wanted the satisfaction of telling Gary HE had totally forgotten our anniversary.
It was a difficult two days. I had to hide the anniversary card his parents sent us, along with the check. (There are big financial rewards in the S______ family for staying married 27 years.) I had to insist we watch Kathy! (painful) and Chelsea Lately so we’d be awake at midnight when I could claim victory.
“Look at that, it’s 12:01 already. Looks like you made it through the whole day without remembering it was OUR TWENTY-SEVENTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.”
I was still dancing the victory dance when he called me a bad name and pushed me on to the bed. Where we promptly fell asleep.
5 responses to “Twenty Seven Year Anniversary”
Nothing sums up the meaning of long-term marriage better than a story about the effort involved in scoring points over your partner. Go you!
I’ve got five years on you. For years we took turns at forgetting, but now we’ve reached complete compatibility and neither of us remembers.
Actually, it’s seven years. I rest my case.
Bwahahahahaha! Here at Chez Santa I am the one who perpetually forgets when we got married. It irritates Santa who is always romantic about such things.
Well played!
Big Dot – The trick will be to forget you fiftieth.Zayrina – Poor Santa! Can you use the bad back excuse? Gary’s memory is bad anyway, so I let it slide. Mare – It was the best anniversary ever.