Thursday, 26 November 2009
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The Anniversary That Almost Wasn't
I almost ruined our Anniversary night. I should clarify first that my SO is not one to do romantic things...ever. There was this one time I got a flu shot on my right arm, and my shoulder just didn't have the energy to lift the bag on my shoulder. I asked him if he could hold it for me, but he "didn't want to seem whipped", and since then, I haven't asked him to do anything remotely romantic - ever.
So last night was our anniversary. I have to admit I wasn't looking forward to it because I'm swamped with University projects and papers, oh, and I almost forgot about our anniversary until the night before. Also, I'm usually the one who puts in the most effort for any kind of celebration, and my efforts were usually not reciprocated because A) I have a genius boyfriend who studies pretty much 24/7 and really doesn't have much time to spare B) I go all out with the planning and surprising, and my efforts are hard to match.
I was a little grumpy around dinner time from all the papers I was working on. My SO called me up and asked me what I was doing, which was pretty much homework, so I was thoroughly irritated - it wasn't as if he didn't know. He told me to come downstairs (we live in res btw), but I was trying to figure out this anti-virus thing that I was downloading, so I said I'd be a few minutes. Instead, I figured I might as well head downstairs early and see him. He told me to call him beforehand, but I forgot to bring my phone! There I am, standing outside his door for 20 minutes, knocking and getting even more irritated because I could hear love songs in the background and he wasn't in his room. What the hell is going on?! I came to two conclusions: A) there was another girl in his room B) he had a heart attack or something happened so he couldn't open his door. I was frustrated and worried, confused and irritated, so I stormed off to my room to get my phone.
On the way back, I saw him in the common room watching TV, so I knocked on the door REALLY loudly. By that time I was already pissed and walking away from him. I pretty much wanted nothing to do with him for wasting my time. Plus the cafeteria was closed, which meant that I had nothing to eat. It was horrible. After some dramatic acts (ie. gripping my wrists so I don't leave, pulling me up the stairs), it was my SO's turn to get irritated. He pushed me through the door into his room and left me there, and to my surprise...
The furniture was completely rearranged, there was a romantic set-up for two under candlelight, red wine, a card, fruits, a cake, romantic music playing in the background. My SO came back with a complete, cooked dinner (steak and chinese onion pancakes), but the damage had been done. My short temper ruined the surprise, and we both sat down. He was expecting a different reaction from me, and I was expecting...well, not this. I felt so guilty, and he was really hurt - all I could do was climb up into his lap and put my arms around his neck. Sorry really wasn't enough at this point in time.
It took some time for us to get over my brashness and stupidity, but he forgave me and we happily enjoyed the rest of the night. The food was cold, but by far the most delicious I have ever tasted. We gorged on grapes and wine, and other delicacies. We made love in the candlelight listening to my favorite love songs of all sorts, and filled up on cream frosted carrot cake. I knew he went through a lot of effort to plan the evening for me, right down to the last detail - the timing was a little off, but it wasn't his fault, that was mine. It was truly the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for me - I LOVE MY SO <3!
What were some of the most romantic things your SO has ever done for you? Were you surprised or did you already know something was up?
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Comments (18)
awww that's soooo sweet.
my boyfriend would never do anything like that.
he's the most un-romantic person ever.
Awww... hah, that sounds like something I would do (ruining the romantic moment). But it's a testament to the strength of your relationship that you guys could move past it and enjoy the evening!
Aw, that's so cute!
aww that's soo cute.
now i just have to get my boyfriend to read this...
I don't really know if I like romantic stuff. But I just like when my boyfriend says cute things to me. One time I gave him a kiss, and he had a huge smile on his face [and he's not one to smile that often]. So I asked him why he was smiling so big, and he said "I'm kissing a pretty girl, why wouldn't I be smiling". I was really cute especially coming from him.
thats really sweet :)
my bf missed my bday because he's in the army and he was training to be deployed. He got to come back a few days before his deployment day and we went out to eat with his family. after lunch.. he told me to close my eyes and he drove me to a bakery.. and told me to pick out any cake i wanted.. then he drove home put a candle in it and sang me happy birthdayy. it was so bittersweet since i never celebrate my bday and he was leaving in 2 days for a 1 yr deployment to iraq.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
It's good to know your SO was able to plan something romantic for you. Even if he may not show it all the time, at least it slips through that he really does have that soft side. I can't really think of a super romantic thing my SO has done for me ... just because he shows me every day in little ways. I'm not sure how I would react to the whole candlelit dinner and romance in front of the fireplace thing, to tell you the truth. xD
None of my girlfriends have ever done anything romantic for me. Far as I can remember at least. I used to do lots of romantic stuff, but I got poor and super busy with work that I never had the time or money to keep doing them.
When me and Alex first started dating, his dad got pissed because he agreed to let him stay out as late as my curfew was (he was eighteen so this is completely ridiculous). Unfortunately they didnt know that my curfew was 2 AM on weekends, so they turned around and made his curfew 9 PM. Well, the night this happened just happened to be the night we were out with our friends Javier and Ckat, and in the middle of us talking about him staying the night. So his dad just called him and demanded he be home right then.
I started crying, but Alex was so anxious about making his parents upset that he left me outside in the cold on the steps crying my eyes out. So as me and Javier and Ckat are getting into the truck, Ckat screams "LOOK OUT THE WINDOW!" and there he was, holding somehow freshly picked flowers (in the middle of winter) staring at me with puppy dog eyes.
=] I felt a lot better even though he still had to go home.
This is so SWEET.
thats fucking cute :D
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My BF did something similar. My bday was this past august and so my BF and i were in the Dominican Republic for my bday. The night before my bday we had agreed on earlier in the day that we were going to dine at a french restaurant that was located on the resort. Around 5pm i told him that i was getting hungry and he acted as if he didnt even care. I got so pissed at him that i disappeared for about 2 hours. When i got back he was in the bed asleep, so i pushed him off the bed and told him that i was f-ing hungry and that i needed to eat. So he finally decided to get dressed and walk down to the restaurant to eat. So as we are heading down to the restaruant he decided that he wanted to see what was happening on the beach. Im already irritated but he keeps walking towards the ocean. Me, already angry is cursing him out as i follow him to the ocean. As we get closer to the ocean, i see that there was a small table with candles and flowers that said "Happy Bday My love". I broke out in tears. Since the beach was having a beach party on my actual bday, he could not reserve the dinner on the beach then. Needless to say, i was very apologetic and excited that he went through all this trouble to make it happen. I <3 him, even though he can work my last nerve.
Well he definitely hasn't planned any super romantic dinners like that. But, One of the most romantic things he ever did was our first kiss. Yes our first kiss. He took me out for my birthday. I think we went to Round the Clock for dinner. And then he took me mini golfing. So I know this doesn't sound romantic but this was a lot of fun. half way through mini golfing I could tell that something was up. He was acting different (kind of like he was nervous). (And the week before the date he was giving me hints about my birthday present: I can get one whenever and wherever I want, He was pretty sure that I'd like it, hints like that) Well mini golfing was done and he still hadn't given me my birthday present. He suggested that we go walk around downtown. this is where it starts to get romantic. We were walking, talking, holding hands, and enjoying each other and our time together. After a while our feet got tired and we decided to sit on one of the park benches. We were talking. I was playing with his hands. He asked if I wanted my birthday present yet. I said Yea. and he asked me Where I wanted it to take place and when. I told him Here and now. some people walked in front of us and he said well I don't have it yet. What do you want?
He kissed me and it was amazing. I was kind of just sitting on a cloud from that point on. I still feel like that when he kisses me.Me: You don't have it yet?
Him: what do you want the answer to be?
Me: I don't know.
Him: actually I was just stalling because of those people....and I'm nervous.
Me: Why are you nervous?
Him: because I'm going to do this.
aww that's soo q