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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMy wife is pissed at me for ruining her birthday. I'm not sure what I did. Hell I didn't even
know it was her birthday!
hlthe2b
(102,283 posts)Lit with about 25 EXTRA candles!
Good idea said the thrice married dumbass...
Rorey
(8,445 posts)My (then) husband presented me with a cake which said Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary. Yeah, we had gotten married on my birthday. It took everything I had to not throw it at him. My birthday was in September. In July I had found out that he had been having an affair.
The affair never ended, even though he pretended that he had broken it off for a little while.
We're divorced now.
Sometimes it takes a good kick in the pants to spur us onward and upward!
Rorey
(8,445 posts)I'm just not a quitter, and would have kept on until death parted us, even though I was unhappy for at least a decade.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,369 posts)Shell love it, as it is a thoughtful gift.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)magicarpet
(14,154 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,369 posts)Of course, if the first is a comprehensive disappointment, you might have to just toss her out the second and 3rd go.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)"If at first you don't succeed...skydiving is not for you!"
skypilot
(8,854 posts)That's like something Oscar Wilde would say.
On edit: Actually, Oscar would have said "Three? But what if the first one WORKS out.
Srkdqltr
(6,291 posts)And the love to advertise it.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Now you have to write her a love letter, buy her some flowers and get her a cake
central scrutinizer
(11,649 posts)Enter the birthday, address and your credit card number and -bingo- flowers and a box of candy are delivered.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,854 posts)I did that to my EX-wife years ago, totally as a JOKE, when I had a friend visiting us. I was expecting her to tell me to get it myself, and then I'd say "Yes, dear" with many self-deprecating apologies.
To my surprise, she retrieved the beers. Then I got distracted by my buddy before I could tell her I was kidding.
I heard all about it after my friend left.
Kaleva
(36,307 posts)Do this in a firm but loving manner.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,491 posts)with everyone's and their dog's birthdays and anniversaries logged into it.
I'm glad some I've known some that do that, as it helps keep me straight. I have no memory for dates, or many names for that matter....seems to be a man thing. We tend to remember bolt sizes, spark plug part numbers, and stuff like that.
KY...........
Kaleva
(36,307 posts)Appointments and days I babysit on the calendar. I write my daily to-do list on the backs of envelopes that junk mail comes in. The things i don't get done one day are added to the next days list.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,491 posts)I started using a pocket-size daily planner system back in the late 70s, got hooked on it and continue to use them after retirement. Those little books are my memory and I even put tape tabs on them to help find important stuff. I suppose the $45 a year I spend for a year's set is my old-fashion equivalent to today's cloud storage of data, LOL.
Like you, I also use do lists.....normally small squares of scrap paper stuck in my keyboard (I cut up junk mail envelopes to make the squares!). Poor memory is a pain, but writing stuff down also avoids the errors inherent in anyone's memory.
KY............
TEB
(12,851 posts)We can never win