Birthdays, anniversaries and other things I usually forget (standard:humor, 910 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Aug 16 2015	Views/Reads: 2368/1707	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Every great marriage is based upon forgetting and remembering the right things.

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simply run out of ideas. Actually, I ran out of ideas after the 10th 
anniversary. What do you get someone for his or her 44th anniversary 
present? 

To remember our anniversary and to forget to buy a present is the
greatest faux pas any husband can make. 

I wanted to get a cake with candles, but the fire department considers
it a fire hazard. Of course, everybody knows that kind of candlepower 
really adds to the global warming effect. 

It is times like this I wish I had written down all the anniversary
gifts I have given over the last 44 years. Perhaps I could see a 
pattern developing and just follow through with the pattern. 

My concern is if I buy her something expensive, she might become
suspicious and wonder what I did that I do not want her to know about. 
If I buy something rather cheap, she may suspect that I do not take the 
anniversary seriously. 

I think I have come up with an answer. Since my wife is into crafts, I
decided to make her anniversary gift myself this year. I must confess, 
I am not as crafty as she is — on a multitude of levels, but then as 
she always says, "It's the thought that counts." 

Then I turned to the Bible and read, "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a
good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD." (Proverbs 18:22). 

Every great marriage is based upon forgetting and remembering the right
things. 


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