I'm curious. How many of your
celebrate your date-i-versary? How many of you even know what,
assuming you're part of a couple, your date-i-versary is?
How many of you are wondering just what
the heck a date-i-versary is?
Like I said, I'm curious. Loraine and
I are celebrating our date-i-versary today, a date-i-versary (aside
from being a word that no spell check program ever recognizes, much
less authorizes as being a proper word) being the anniversary of your
first date. Loraine and I went out for the first time (as a couple,
as opposed to in a group of friends) on August 16th, so
that's our “date-i-versary”. And I'm curious because to the few
people with whom I've discussed the subject, they either give me a
blank look because they don't remember, or they give me that “Jim,
you're weird, you know that?” look I seem to get a lot in my life.
It's funny, because if you're part of a
married couple or in a long-term relationship, your date-i-versary is
a big part of your life. It's when the two of you became “the two
of you”. In fact, I would even posit that it's more important than
an actual wedding anniversary. After all, that's just marking the
date that you signed a piece of paper, whereas your “date-i-versary”
marks the beginning of whatever kind of relationship you're in.
Yes, I'm weird, I know that. But
that's why August 16th is always a big date for me.
What's more, you can't walk into a
store and buy a date-i-versary card. You can buy a crapload of
anniversary cards, but nothing that marks the real beginning of your
relationship. It's not fair to people who celebrate that milestone,
and it's certainly not fair to people who've decided that marriage
just isn't for them. I know people who've been together for years,
who are incredibly happy, and yet who can't buy a card that marks the
beginning of their relationship because no one seems to think that a
date-i-versary is a big thing.
And in case you're wondering...yes, I
have been pondering the design of a line of date-i-versary cards.
Seems like it would be a home-run idea of a business decision.
I'll shut up now. After all, when I
get home from work I don't want Loraine to give that “Jim, you're
weird, you know that?” look that other people give me when I start
talking about things like date-i-versaries. Just let me say that
Loraine is an amazing woman for putting up with someone who goes on
and on (and on) about things like date-i-versaries.
So happy date-i-versary, Loraine.
Thanks for being someone who actually knows what something like a
date-i-versary is!
Love, your favorite dork,
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