The following conversation took place at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Friday, February 11, 2011.
Me: So, honey...what are you going to buy for me for Valentine's Day?
Hubby: Uh...I don't know.
Me: I was just wondering. I don't want you to feel obligated or anything like that.
Hubby: Oh, I don't feel obligated.
What...the ...hell?!?
I don't expect a gift, but I know he hasn't thought about buying me anything. That pisses me off. I bought him a gift. Hopefully, it won't be like the XM Satellite Radio I bought for him for Christmas. It's on a dresser in our bedroom, still in the box. Ungrateful much, dear husband?
I've been sick (again!) for the last couple of days, and didn't feel like going to Muncie for dinner tonight. Hubby went and got Papa Murphy's pizza, which I like. While eating, I asked him if we were going out for dinner Monday night. He looked me in the eye and said "Nope. This is Valentine's Day dinner". Again, I say "what the hell?!?"
Let me go on the record as saying I'm not much of a girly-girl. I prefer jeans and t-shirts, love football and racing, and I hate romantic comedies. However, I'm a hopeless romantic. I want that all-encompassing kind of love you read about in books or see in movies. An "I don't want to live without you" kind of love. I want my husband to hold my hand when we're out in public and occasionally tell me I look nice. I don't get that. I once asked my husband "Would you ever be happy if I wasn't here?". His response: "I would only be content at first, but I'm sure I would be happy again eventually". Wow. Just...wow.
Peter Cetera said it best when he sang "Everybody needs a little time away (I heard her say) from each other. Even lovers need a holiday far away from each other". Earlier this evening, I talked with my husband about taking a vacation this summer...BY MYSELF. I think he agrees with those lyrics, because he has no problem with it. He even told me he would help me finance my trip. Where to go, where to go? I'm thinking of going to a far away and magical place where the stars shine day and night.
