Frankly Speaking About Wedding Anniversaries
(One in a Continuing Series)
By C. MacDonald
It’s easy to forget the little things in life–like remembering to pick up milk on your way home or trimming the side bush or washing the windows like you promised. But some things are supposed to be unforgettable and if you happen to forget them, they also can be unforgivable. Take wedding anniversaries as an example.
Recently, I happened to sit down next to a couple in a beach restaurant. The wife was apparently miffed because her husband had not yet mentioned their anniversary, which was the next day. Finally, she said, “Frank, our anniversary is tomorrow, you know!”
Frank just grinned, hoping she would speak about something else. However, she kept at it: “Frank, you know which one it is?” Poor Frank, he didn’t. But worse, he knew she knew he didn’t.
“Come on Frank. You know which anniversary it is,” said the middle-aged woman, in an increasingly louder tone. “Well, you do, don’t your Frank?”
Frank was starting to sweat and turn red with embarrassment. He desperately was looking for a way out. Quickly, he tried to throw up a diversion by looking his wife in the eyes and commenting how she was just as beautiful now as when they were wed.
It didn’t work.
At this opportune moment, the candle at their table burned out and Frank’s wife forgot her train of thought.
The couple got up and left and the last I saw of Frank, he had his left hand on his forehead, evidently trying his hardest to remember that wedding day so long ago.
