First Valentines Day Gft that He Liked

Before I was married I often heard that relationships loose their spark two years into the marriage. Not only did I publically oppose this view point, I also resolved that once I was married I’d keep the spark bright and burning. We celebrated our fourth anniversary last year and I have inferred that the spark doesn’t die; it just gets pushed behind the dryer where I can’t hear it screaming for help over the noise of the microwave and my two year old crying because he doesn’t like being in his high chair.

When my husband and I were still dating, we made an event out of every holiday and Valentines day was no exception. We would often bypass Valentines dinner and have a romantic picnic in the park. I’d spend hours on my valentines shopping and I’d doodle hearts on every writable surface I came across in my idle time. Now that I’m married, my husband and I greet each other on valentines day morning by ‘Don’t forget, today’s valentines day’. It either comes of as a threat or as if we’re on a top secret mission on valentines day. I remember last year I was absolutely clueless about what to get my husband for valentines day. I was only beginning to dig my way out of the avalanche of work that had come down after the holidays. I resorted to looking for unique valentine’s day gift ideas online. I found a forum where some woman advised me to get fruit for Valentine’s day. I didn’t think it was a good idea but then I found something called fruit bouquets online. They had a special Valentine’s Day range and a special range for men. I was a bit apprehensive about it at first, because although the fruit bouquet appealed to me very much I wasn’t sure my husband would like it as much. Three days before Valentine’s Day and I was clueless as ever so I ordered the bouquet for my husband hoping he’d at least appreciate the gesture. His reaction was worth seeing when I gave it to him. He just loved it and it had been the first Valentines day gift that he liked ever since we got married. He immediately decided that we go out for a nice romantic valentines dinner. The old spark still has some life in it after all.