The Forgotten Anniversary… No Big Deal?

A Forgotten Anniversary… Is it really that big of a deal?

The Scene:  4:40 PM, third floor office – large windows – just yards away from yet another brick building… fortunately, my office windows still allow a bit of light to filter in… And every so often, men working on the roof of the building next to my office can be seen through my computer screen scaring the absolute crap out of me every time.

As I sat on my new ergonomic chair (which I cannot stand), I heard a buzz… my cell phone.  It was a text message from my mother-in-law.  It read “Happy Anniversary.  Hope you have some fun plans!”  What?  Happy what?  Quickly, I glanced at my outlook calendar and right in front of me, highlighted on my computer, was todays date… the 28th.  Yup, June 28th, 2012… My 9th anniversary.  You know, the one I forgot about that my husband actually reminded me about a few days ago which I forgot about again… CRAP!

The first reaction:  CRAP!

The reaction that came right after the first reaction:  Crap, and a little chuckle…

The next reaction:  Walking out of my office, and laughing as I proceeded to tell my friends how I remembered about my anniversary…

Reaction after that next reaction:  I received a text from my husband, who still had not mentioned our anniversary, and responded with a simple, btw… happy anniversary.  Oddly enough, he said the same back with no real emotion behind it (then again, we are talking texting here)… Regardless, it seemed like it he didn’t think anything was strange about neither of us wishing one another in the morning when we first woke, or before lunch when we spoke yet again, or later that afternoon when we talked yet again… you get it…

The last reaction occurred this evening… It finally hit me… We forgot our anniversary!  Really?  Anniversary type occasions mean the world to me!  Well, they do when it comes to my husband and I… I had to put in that disclaimer simply because I have forgotten many anniversaries in my lifetime but they did not belong to me.  Today was a very special day in our life.  We wed, we exchanged rings, we had a piece of paper which proclaimed our love for one another, we partied our little booties off, got really tipsy with friends and family, hugged more people than we could count, felt like we were on top of the world and then passed out cold.  Our ANNIVERSARY!  This last reaction… tears!  How could we forget our anniversary???  Marriage, new beginnings… special moments that are supposed to be remembered forever… Who forgets their own anniversary???  I do… and so does my husband… Fortunately, we will never forget the year we forgot our anniversary…