In some homes, the forgetting of an aniversary or a birthday can be a source of some serious trouble for the absent minded one. The day of my wedding was one of the worst of my adult life, and I wasted no effort to inform the Mrs of this fact; Even then, I was solely interested in the Marriage, and not the wedding. However, it was her wish, so we did as she wished, and part of the quid pro quo is I have no recollection of what day it occurred. Oh, sure, sometimes I dig up an old journal entry and it occurs to me, but for the most part, I have no idea.<\/p>\n
Flowers, etc. are also not part of the normal procedure here- I do send them sometimes, or bring them home, but it’s not a habit and not overdone. <\/p>\n
No, I’m not the ‘average guy” and if i were married to an ‘average” woman di suppose I’d be in a great deal of trouble because of it. <\/p>\n
On the other hand, there are things the Ogwife does that please me no end, and things I do to please her, and those things enrich our lives immeasurably, though they are incredibly simple and cost nothing.<\/p>\n
I have a lifelong habit of rising early BUT ONLY ON MY DAY OFF. One of the things I do for the Ogwife that (apparently) endears me to her, is I will get up and make her breakfast. Usually the daughter is up and around,so I make sure she’s eaten, and I eat, and when I know the wife needs to be getting up, I fry up two eggs, over easy, with the whites cooked but the yolks soft, two slices of buttered white toast, four strips of crisp lean bacon, a cup of coffee with a generous splorp of vanilla cream, a bottle of water. THe daughter corrals the dog as I bring in breakfast and the wife enjoys her breakfast in peace, maybe watching some TV or just sitting in bed. <\/p>\n
This costs nothing, and yet if anyone has ever brought breakfast to you, you completely understand how wonderful this is. <\/p>\n
Try this: buy a dozen roses for $97, and take them home. The next weekend, make her breakfast in bed. See which one gets you more props. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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