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Weekends Away: Gift-Giving Advice
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Weekend Getaway — Just the Two of You
When you started dating, you drove each other crazy — in a good way. You were literally breathless at the mere thought of getting together. You thought the world could see your heart pounding through your chest every time you met, even if it was just for coffee. Now you're together every day. The craziness isn't always good, and at times you're short of breath due not to the flush and blush of romance but from bickering over the same old stuff that both of you know you'll never settle but which you refuse to give up on anyway. (Stubborn? You? Never!)
Still, some days, on your way home from work, while picking up yet another roll of paper towel (the kind with the quilts!) and another gallon of milk (2%! It must be 2%!), you find yourself smiling at the little things that, when added all up, make the whole shebang worthwhile. You won't tell anyone (not even your wife!) that sometimes, when she's not around, you hug her old robe to your chest and smile to yourself over how quickly she discarded the silky stuff in favor of flannel, and how you wouldn't have it any other way. Or, if you're the wife, you won't confess that his corny jokes aren't nearly as eye-rolling as you like to pretend and in fact when he's just made the same old pun the umpteenth time, you may as well have little stars and hearts in those same eyes.
Face it: Like it or not, you're still in love. But now, unlike when you first met, you don't have the overwhelming need to shout it to the world. You already did that with the engagement ring and the public proposal on the Jumbotron. You both have more gadgets and trinkets than you need, and, even though people would accuse you of cheapness, that's not the reason you don't want to surprise each other with diamonds or watches that do everything from tell the time to make the bed.
That stuff is wonderful, but as the years have marched on, jobs and other obligations have eaten away at your time together, and you realize that what you really need is time together — a weekend getaway for just the two of you. (Hint: Leave the flannel at home.)
Posted on September 06, 2006. Filed under Anniversary
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