made for each other
June 27, 2006
Yesterday morning I was typing up my post, when suddenly I was struck by the date, June 26.
My wedding anniversary was two days prior and neither one of us remembered.
But I remembered first, so I get to claim the role of the tragically wounded, indignant spouse.
Before I could call Rob, the phone rang.
Me: Hello?
Rob: Hi. Good mornining.
Me: Oh, don’t good morning me.
Rob: What?
Me: Mr. Anniversary Forgetter
Rob:Oh my god, we forgot our anniversary again this year!
(Ed. note: yes this has happened more than once.)
Me: No, no, not we. You! I remembered.
Rob: You did not.
Me: Yes I did.
Rob: Then why didn’t you say anything until right now?
Me: Maybe I was testing you.
Rob: Maybe I was testing you.
Me: Too bad, I mentioned it first. Therefore I get to claim tester status and you are the testee.
Rob: Next year I am going to get to be the tester.
Me: Maybe you should remember our anniversary before the date and buy me a really awesome present. That would certainly show me!
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Love it!
June 27th, 2006 at 6:58 amLOL… that is AWESOME.
June 27th, 2006 at 7:05 amYou know what they say. The couple that is forgetful together…
Sorry, couldn’t resist! Happy belated anniversary.
June 27th, 2006 at 7:07 amYeah, but how much patio furniture do you really need…? *ducking*
June 27th, 2006 at 7:32 amWe haven’t ever forgotten yet. But then again our anniversary comes two days after a major December holiday. It’s both easy to remember the date and easy to decide every year that we don’t need to do any presents. Of course, we also haven’t been married as long as you and Rob, so I figure we have plenty of time to still manage to forget entirely.
June 27th, 2006 at 7:41 amHappy Anniversary! Belatedly.
June 27th, 2006 at 7:51 amThanks! My anniversary is Thursday and I nearly forgot. See? Blog reading pays off.
June 27th, 2006 at 7:53 amI never forget a chance to unwrap presents! Oh, and the loving bond between my husband and I, blah, blah, blah.
June 27th, 2006 at 8:11 amWhew, I feel better now- I’m not the only one to have had that happen-
June 27th, 2006 at 8:13 amI have never forgotten for one main reason…..since we never got a honeymoon due to his ridiculous mother needing assistance from us the DAY after we were married, I always think he will surprise me with a wonderful trip or something as a belated honeymoon.
We went camping one time, but found out I was pregnant just 3 days before we left. It wasn’t much fun - we rowed out onto the lake in the canoe and I instantly starting barfing. The smell of the hotdogs made me barf. The smell of the bathrooms made me barf. The smell of the fishing bait made me barf. I barfed alot. Great Trip.
June 27th, 2006 at 8:29 amHappy anniversary!
June 27th, 2006 at 8:48 amWe’ve done that. It was our 4th and the entire day went by without one of us realizing it until about 9:30pm when I was putting the kids to bed after booking tickets for something and kept thinkign what is it about the date that is nagging me? So I got to play the tragically wounded spouse also and greeted him with where’s my present when he came in. The poor man stuttered, “August, Anniversary?” I let him off the hook then, but he still turned around and went out to buy chocolate and flowers.
June 27th, 2006 at 8:59 amWe never forget. Because? He’s all lined up to receive special sexual favors and he would NEVER forget an opportunity to claim special sexual favors. Fortunately, if *I* forget, he’ll never know because there is no advanced planning required for special sexual favors. Usually.
Happy Anniversary!
June 27th, 2006 at 9:34 amHe’s never forgotton . . . why you ask? We got married on his mom’s birthday so all I have to do is say something dumb like . . . “Hey, you mom’s birthday is coming up, better get her a card!”
June 27th, 2006 at 10:09 amI forgot to add that in the past, when our kids were young like yours, we’d usually be camping in a tent (August anniversary) and be within a very limited cash flow vacation budget. . . but we’re coming up on our 43rd anniversary . . . and he just reminded me of that as I was reading him some of the comments. Life is good!
June 27th, 2006 at 10:14 amoh man! Im the one who forgets thinggs like that in our family too!
June 27th, 2006 at 10:29 amCrack me up!
Happy belated anniversary! I would totaly hit him up for a night out complete with cool present and a v.v. nice bottle of wine.
June 27th, 2006 at 11:30 amAwwww, how sweet. I am tearing up reading that romantic exchange. See, when everyday is lived in such love for one another, why bother setting aside one special day to celebrate?
June 27th, 2006 at 11:58 amWe are very much alike in this regard. jamie and I have absolutely NEVER celebrated our anniversary, and, to the chagrin of my sister, trying to put (oh shit, I can’t spell genealogoy or ancestrical) stuff about our relations (yeah! that’s the ticket!) we don’t even know when it is. oh, and we don’t wear rings and never recited vows. Maybe we’re anti-marriage and don’t know it.
June 27th, 2006 at 12:01 pmwe got married right before Thanksgiving.
One year we remembered our anniversary on Christmas.
Welcome to my world.
Doesn’t it just seem so unimportant?
The Pup.
June 27th, 2006 at 12:54 pmI feel better knowing that I am not alone in the forgetting…
June 27th, 2006 at 1:25 pmHa! Happy belated anniversary!
June 27th, 2006 at 1:26 pmHappy Belated Anniversary. That’s too funny!
June 27th, 2006 at 1:40 pmOh shit!
I’d write more, but I gotta run to the store…
June 27th, 2006 at 2:14 pmYes…. we have done that before…
June 27th, 2006 at 2:43 pmIt’s those pesky kids….
Something about them taking up all our time or something….
Happy Anniversary to you both….
Tori
Sometimes I WISH we could forget our December anniversary and not remember until spring when we have more time and money!
The other day I told a friend we have been married ten years instead of eleven. My husband didn’t correct me, so he probably didn’t notice. Or maybe he did since he didn’t say, “But it seems like so much longer. . .”
June 27th, 2006 at 3:44 pmHappy anniversary!!
June 27th, 2006 at 3:44 pmThis TOTALLY happened to me and my husband two years ago! It was 2 days after our anniversary that I realized it had passed. I quick went out and bought a present for him and had it sitting there with a card when he got home. I told him I had been wating for him to remember (I know….I’m a bad girl) and that I just gave up and decided to give him his gift anyway. He felt so bad…and to this day he has no idea that I forgot too! hee hee
June 27th, 2006 at 3:54 pmI use this to my advantage ALL the time!!
Happy Anniversary!
June 27th, 2006 at 4:51 pmHappy Anniversary!
June 27th, 2006 at 6:37 pmThis happened to us - our last (I mean our past, not THEE last ;-)) anniversary. We both JUST forgot. I was laughing and crying about it. I am SO glad to hear we’re not the only ones!
June 27th, 2006 at 6:58 pmHAPPY Anniversary you two sweethearts
Happy Anniversary. But your post made me all nervous and wondering what the date was and if I had forgotten my own anniversary. But then I remembered it’s in November. Whew. My husband is like a girl about stuff like that. He gets all moody if I forget.
June 27th, 2006 at 11:37 pmHappy Anniversary!
I can totally see this happening to me. Except I’ll be the one to forget. He does stuff like remember the anniversary of our first date. Our first is coming up (August). If I do forget it, I won’t hear the end of it!
June 29th, 2006 at 7:33 amPrecisely why we married on July 4th
July 1st, 2006 at 11:50 am