There was a time in our lives when we were always side by side. Amy and I woke up together, went to school together, took the same classes, worked the same jobs, laughed with the same people, and returned to the same home. It was, for some who I've expressed this sentiment to, a marital nightmare.
For us it was bliss.
The only problem was that joining of strengths and weaknesses that happens in marriage which left me two weeks late to the first class I had to take in my own major. 16 years later however, she's still my superior in the details - and my have they grown! Homework, Little League, Tae Kwon Doe, report cards, permission slips, lesson plans, feedback, PTA, UFT, OMG! I feel inundated with nonsense no ethics and social philosophy major should ever face critical to the ones I love who I'm responsible for.
Thank God I have her here to blame for most of it (the true virtue of marriage!)
I'm superior in something else.
I can remember that exact moment 16 years ago - tomorrow - when I'd just returned home from a short trip. We weren't together yet, but we were communicating and we'd left off that it was over. It wasn't going to happen. She was gonna go her way/I was gonna go mine, and that was gonna be it.
I can remember that exact feeling in my gut that forced my hand to that phone, dialed her number and blurted a few words that basically amounted to "Come here."
I can remember the feeling of relief and other things when I turned around and she was at my door.
I couldn't tell you who kissed who. I can't even tell you in all honesty that was our first kiss. And I really can't tell you much about what happened right after that.
But I can tell you it was the right decision.
Happy "Real" Anniversary Love! I think we both totally missed the marriage one.
