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April 18, 2007
'awwwwww' post
On a distant April 18th that happened to be a lot sunnier, I made the trek from Bushwick on the L train to the C train, then headed up to 81st. I was going to Central Park to have a study date with a guy. He had to work on his dissertation, I had to write up a section of my thesis on the remediation of multiplication strategies to middle school students.
It was a great date, writing and reading in the sun, talking, walking, laughing.
Fast forward to this morning. Both of us stumbling around, trying to get everything done on a normal day, except I also tried to slip a card into his bookbag ( I failed). By the way, it is really hard to find an anniversary card with two men on the front. I finally found one that had a Keith Haring on the front in the Love section. I left it on his desk for when he got home, along with a new pocket subway map card and a new key ring.
When I got home, he had a card, some chocolate, and some marzipan for me. I LOVE MARZIPAN. He cooked dinner, we watched some Law and Order, now I'm blogging while he's reading Angels in America.
He still puts the toilet paper on the roll wrong (squares over, not under), leaves his clothes everywhere, drives me crazy on the subway, and kills any of my plants I put in his study. We occasionally have some whoppers for fights. Most importantly, I'm a selfish, cranky little bitch, especially when I'm hungry. I have a lot of flaws that don't go on the blog. I look in the mirror, and it helps to see myself the way he sees me.
Still love him. He still loves me, I think. Happy anniversary.
Posted by G at April 18, 2007 08:44 PM
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Happy anniversary!
So, marzipan and Barbara's Jalpeno cheezy poofs.Got it! ;-)
Posted by: Lee at April 19, 2007 01:01 AM
What's love? Think Google can give me the answer?
Posted by: Doug at April 19, 2007 02:54 AM
You brought a tear to my eyes, m'dear.
Ages ago you asked me how R and I lasted 20 years (this Aug) -- you already know the answer.
Many more happy years of laughing, loving, reading, cooking, fighting and making up to you both!!!
Posted by: Jim (The Canuck One) at April 19, 2007 05:10 AM
Oh G, that was a really sweet post!! Awwww is right. A very happy anniversary to you and your hunny. I wish you both many, many years of togetherness.
Y'know, Alec does the same thing as you do: squares under, not over... But I grew to like under. Maybe YOU'll do the same one day! haha!
xoxo
Posted by: Robert at April 19, 2007 10:40 AM
Happy Anniversary! (a little late!)
Posted by: Greg at April 19, 2007 04:06 PM
"Awwwwww!" is right.
I regret to inform you, however, that the squares do go over the top of the roll, and not under. So probably you're the one that's hard to live with. *chuckle*
Happy Anniversary, babies! *smoooch* And many more! (Plus how could you not fall in love on a study date, I ask you?!??!??!)
Posted by: goblinbox at April 19, 2007 05:09 PM
Oh no! Toilet paper ALWAYS goes under.
...but congratulations none the less.
Posted by: Blobby at April 19, 2007 05:51 PM
Awesome, congratulations. Greg and I just celebrated 8 years together. Is there a bacon cake somewhere in your future?
Posted by: seth at April 19, 2007 06:16 PM
Awwwwww!
Many, many more years of fighting for you two! (And one of these days, you'll learn that he's right about the toilet paper rolls.)
Congrats!
Posted by: PatCH at April 19, 2007 08:53 PM
Happy Anniversary!
You are dead wrong about the TP issue, but it's nice of him to tolerate that in you.
Posted by: GayProf at April 19, 2007 09:36 PM
Y'know, back when I lived in the West Village, it was sometimes hard to find a greeting card that *didn't* feature a same-sex couple. Admittedly, that's a long way for you to go for a card, but just thought I'd pass that along.
Happy Anniversary, gentlemen! At least you two probably don't have to fight about leaving the toilet seat up. :)
btw, teacher gripe: need to stay up late to tweak lesson plan because spent free time at school making up 3 personalized bathroom tickets for each student in my 4th pd class b/c I am getting pissed off at how many of them so frequently demand the pass. That's it for the rest of the semester - no ticket, no bathroom pass. My life has come to this . . .
Posted by: cohort 6 fellow at April 19, 2007 09:48 PM
That is such an amazingly sweet post! Happy Anniversary guys! Many more!
Posted by: Patrick at April 19, 2007 10:53 PM
Besides the whole marzipan thing, this is a terribly sweet post. Gives me something to hope for. Congrats to you both!
Posted by: Long Story Longer at April 19, 2007 11:12 PM
Wait. You have flaws?
Happy anniversary, guys. You keep me thinking it's possible. :)
Posted by: palochi at April 20, 2007 01:32 AM
So sweet. I LOVE marzipan too, G!!! So exciting!
BTW, you are SO wrong about the tp issue. You tear from the underside! Otherwise the roll spins out of control. Go Derick.
T
Posted by: Tony R at April 22, 2007 10:45 PM
This is a really great post. Congrats to you both. It left a little rainbow in my heart. :)
Posted by: Yen at April 28, 2007 12:27 AM