happy! anni..v…oh.

Posted bycasey coombsPosted inToo lazy to label.

Yesterday marked the date that Cody and I became man and wife. Annoyer and annoyee. Our anniversary.

Neither of us have very good skills when it comes to romance and remembering important dates.

Ah well, at least we’re equally lacking in the area.

Before Cody left in the morning to die slowly in the law library yet again study for the bar he gently shook me awake.

“OOH! He’s going to wish me a happy anniversary before he leaves for his class! ” I thought.

I made a genuine effort (keyword effort) to roll over awake and happy to see my betrothed and welcome his anniversary greetings.

“So, uh, there’s a dead mouse in the laundry room. In the trap. It may even still be alive, but anyway, it’s starting to smell and I’m running late. You’ll have to take care of it today.”

Oh.

Yes. Well.

Marriage.

Eight years later.

There you have it.

42 thoughts on “happy! anni..v…oh.”

  1. Nice! I was just writing a post about my anniversary when I decided to take a google reader break and read this post.

    This kind of relationship beats the sappy kind. you know it does.

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  3. Um, that there is grounds for divorce. There will be no mice/rats/critters in my house. I don’t care how late he is. *runs away screaming*

    But hey? If it works for you…

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  6. Haha…at least he “gently shook you awake.” My husband whacks me in the feet and says, “Hey.” I usually wake up scared to death. Good luck to your husband on the bar.

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  10. happy not-so-big day to you! My husband is much like yours. Doesn’t really celebrate the day either, until it’s time to go to bed – then he thinks he’s entitled to an, um…”gift”.

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  11. Happy Anniversary – I love the story!

    That’s much like my hubs and I. I think he’s waking me up to wish me a happy birthday and then he’s telling me the dog puked in the bathroom. Ugh. Men – gotta love them!

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  16. Ha ha! Classic! We’ll hit 5 years on Friday and my husband has already asked me 2-3 different times if he can do this or that on Friday. I keep saying, “If that’s how you want to spend our anniversary” and he snaps back into good husband and says, “Oh yeah! I keep forgetting how far we are into the month”.

    I think people remember better when they have money because they make wonderful plans and then it’s set. WHen you are broke or saving money you don’t make those kind of unforgetable plans.

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  19. Awesome! My husband and I took a 10th annniversary trip to NYC this year the weekend before our anniversary, which is more than we’ve ever done. On our actual anniversary day, I remembered at 11:30 PM that it was ‘the day’ and gently tapped him on the shoulder as he was sleeping and asked ‘honey, what day is today?’…… Funny that we both forgot, but I wasn’t bothered since we did actually celebrate.

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  27. Year 8 is half dead rodents? Can I just sleep through that anniversary please?

    To be honest, we’ve never really celebrated an anniversary ~ it would probably ruin a good streak to start now, huh?

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  29. aww… how romantic. Really! At least he told you about it rather than ignoring it and letting you stumble upon in bleary eyed and half asleep while you picked it up thinking it was either a toy or a huge gob of lint. Love is taking the time to warn someone before they touch dead or semidead rodents.

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  30. We both forgot our 8th Anniversary…until we got a ‘happy anniversary’ card from his mom a week later. This year (the big 10), I REMINDED him a week before because yeah, he forgot.

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  36. Oh my… well Happy Anniversary! I hope your love didn’t diminish with his “gentle shake” to wake you this morning to inform you of the dead/half dead mouse in the laundry room! Congratulations on 8 years, we just celebrated 7. Life is great!

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  39. HA~! Did you say anything to him before you made this post, or is he going to be reminded here when he says “Hmm… I wonder what Casey is up to on her blog… I think I’ll mosey on over there and check it out. *click click clicky* Oh, a new pos… uh oh. *Beep boop boop beep ring ring* BABY, HI!! I just made reservations for dinner tonight at your favorite restaurant. You know, because today’s our anniversary. Love you, bye.”

    “Crap… what’s her favorite restaurant?”

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  40. ha ha! So true. But, he would seriously be dead if he left any dead or live rodents in the house. There are some things that I WON’T do.

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  42. I didn’t think dead mice were anniversary gifts until at least the 13th anniversary.

    Or wait…maybe it’s just fur. I’m not quite that far yet in my anniversaries…

    Congrats!

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