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A card just dropped on to my door mat

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marthamoo · 20/09/2005 09:50

And as I was opening it I was thinking "What's this? Oh Gawd...it can't be Christmas card...not yet...oh please not a wedding invitation...it's not my birthday for a fortnight...." And even when I saw it said "Happy Annversary" on the front I was still puzzled.

It's from my Mum and Dad. For mine and dh's wedding anniversary - today. Which I forgot. Completely and utterly. I mean, dh did too but he always does - I usually have to prompt him. Eight years today. That's Bronze, apparently.

Ooops

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Kelly1978 · 20/09/2005 09:53

lol. Congratulations.

Marina · 20/09/2005 09:58

As in Bronze Survival Medal for keeping your heads above water for eight years?

Congratulations Marthamoo. So all the arrangements for the romantic evening out have fallen smoothly into place then?

auntymandy · 20/09/2005 10:04

how do you forget your wedding anniversary?

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marthamoo · 20/09/2005 10:06

Marina, I like Bronze Survival Medal - perhaps I'll make him one Got a Parents' Evening tonight so that puts the kybosh on any romantic dinners!

auntymandy, er...I just did. If I hadn't got the card I doubt I would have remembered at all.

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Miaou · 20/09/2005 10:07

Marthamoo, I did exactly the same thing the other week - it was my wedding anniversary on 3rd September, and even when I opened the card saying "congratulations" on the front it still didn't click!!! Dh had remembered about it the day before but forgot on the day - I forgot totally!

And we've been married 11 years

Miaou · 20/09/2005 10:07

Meant to say, the card was from my bf who was my bridesmaid, not dh!!!

Marina · 20/09/2005 10:08

There is nothing to beat keeping the magic alive by strolling hand in hand to Parents' Evening to hear about your child's way with a pencil and plasticine!
Can he swim 400m in his pyjamas though? And retrieve a black rubber brick from the deep end of the pool?

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marthamoo · 20/09/2005 10:09

He's minding the kids - I'm going on my own. > we don't even do Parents' Evening together any more...and he doesn't wear pyjamas

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Marina · 20/09/2005 10:11

Well your last point leads me to suspect all is not lost in the House of Moo.

mawbroon · 20/09/2005 11:11

Are you bothered about forgetting it Marthamoo? And will your DH be bothered?

It's mine today as well. 2 years. We discussed it yesterday and decided not to even bother with cards as we had left it so late that we would have had to have got in the car together, gone to the 24 hour Tesco and each picked our respective cards! Seemed a bit pointless.

We are not going to do anything different tonight from usual, but might have a reminisce (sp) about our wedding day. Unlikely to have a re-enaction of our wedding night though as I am 35 weeks pg and can hardly even turn over in the bed never mind anything else!!

Congratulations all the same Martha!!

MB

northerner · 20/09/2005 11:13

Am shocked

I could never forget my wedding anniversary.

moondog · 20/09/2005 11:31

I've forgotten my three years on the trot!
(Dh remembered,I didn't.)

Should add that i consider myself to be happily married-have been for seven years and with him before that for nine.

JoolsToo · 20/09/2005 11:33

congrats!

and thanks for reminding me its my birthday in two weeks - NOT!

lou33 · 20/09/2005 12:45

Congratulations Moo.

Gobbledigook · 20/09/2005 12:46

Ha ha! MM, that's terrible!

There's no way around forgetting ours - unfortunately it's 11th September.

motherinferior · 20/09/2005 12:53

Moo, do remember it's not too late to throw a strop at DH because he's forgotten.

troutpout · 20/09/2005 13:08

I've forgotton it about 3 times . I mean completely. This year i remembered the night before...and made a card.
I have no excuse...except that we've only been married for 10 years ...but been together for 21 years..and somehow the 10 years sort of pales into the background. I sorta feel like our anniversary is the day we got together iyswim. That's the date i remember.
LOL... well,most of the time
Also... did i mention... my memory is shite.
:-)

anorak · 20/09/2005 13:11

Happy anniversary moo.

Troutpout, you made me think of a note I saw in my dh's diary:

'Sex Ann'

OMG I thought, who is Ann?

After a moment's thought I realised it was the anniversary of the first night we spent together.

Janh · 20/09/2005 13:30

It was ours on the 10th, moo; I forgot completely and DH remembered the evening before, bought some carnations (my unfavourite flowers but never mind!) from a garage and fished a blank card out of my stash. (And we have been married a few years more than 8 - long enough to remember you'd think!)

So there they were in the morning, after he'd gone to work, to make me feel guilty (DD1 told me he'd said he couldn't remember if we still do anniversaries or not - same happens with Valentine's, sometimes one or other bothers, sometimes both do, sometimes neither. I didn't do anything this time. How romantic.)

anorak · 20/09/2005 13:34

Janh, your anniversary is the same day as ours.

DH always gets me flowers delivered, gives a card and pressies and takes me out to dinner.

He's not much good at putting tents up though

Fio2 · 20/09/2005 13:38

i forgot ours this year aswell and dh bought me a lovely handmade necklace. All was not lost though I went into town and bought him some condoms

cerys · 20/09/2005 14:34

Happy anniversary marthamoo and mrmoo.
Our anniversary is only 2 days after my birthday (which is this Friday) so we haven't forgotten it yet.Only been married 6 years, though. We are going out Saturday night and are hoping we don't have a repeat of last year, when we returned to find both girls awake, but DD2 (then 2yrs) was sobbing dramatically in a corner on the landing because we'd gone out. We now have a baby DS to add to the equation, so wish us luck, hey? Or maybe my parents need the luck, as they are babysitting!

Fio2, LOL at the condoms!

Marina · 20/09/2005 14:39

Aw, Fio, you romantic girl
Janh, I am glad there is one other dh out there who thinks it is quite in order to steal his own dw's carefully chosen greetings cards.

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marthamoo · 20/09/2005 14:44

It's funny - but I'm really not bothered about anniversaries. Dh never remembers. I always have until now but we don't really bother doing anything special. Maybe because my wedding day was just grim and best forgotten ? Maybe because although we have been married for 8, we've been together for 15 - and, really, our weddding was not a big deal, it was more of a formality because we had ds, we lived together etc. I'm not saying my marriage is no big deal - just that my wedding was not. I know for some people it's a huge event and maybe then remembering the anniversary is more significant. We're just not Anniversary people. If he'd remembered I would have been really shocked, but us both forgetting isn't that surprising.

Now I could understand people being shocked and saying "how can you forget?" if it was my child's birthday or something

I've gone for Marina's suggestion, btw, and made him a bronze medal on a purple ribbon (out of a Branston pickle jar lid). I'll put it round his neck when he gets home from work and see if he can figure out what it's for!

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Marina · 20/09/2005 14:48

Amateur Husband Association! He's a lucky bull.

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