days until I return home
T., as I have mentioned here, is somewhat unclear on the full definition of "romantic". We’re supposed to meet Friday night in Oakland, and after a weekend there I get to go home with him and stay. The problem is, he really doesn’t want to pick me up from the airport. Yes, he’s excited to see me after two weeks apart and after three months in which we haven’t gotten to see each other for more than a day and a half at a time -- this is not in question.
However, on Friday night he has the opportunity to go out with friends whom he hasn’t seen for timespans ranging from a year to a decade -- starting an hour and a half before my plane lands. The hotel, the airport, and the cafe they’re going to are actually all only a few miles apart. However, I’ll be dragging massive quantities of luggage, even after shipping two boxes home.
Today, he sent me an email containing this:
What if I purchased an executive cab to wait for you at the airport (sign with your name and all), take you to the hotel, and then to the Bistro? Would you consider this a romantic gesture and consider me the best husband ever, or would you see this as a cheesy way out that allows your low-life husband to get drunk with all his old college friends?Your input is greatly appreciated.
Judging by the last sentence, he’s clearly been writing too many memos at work lately. That was my only immediate reaction, though; it took me several minutes to decide on the other point. Eventually, I told him that substituting money for his presence did not qualify as a "romantic gesture", though he did get points for creativity. And for surprising me -- I found the email quoted above so hilariously out-of-character that I whooped out loud, in the office. I love being married to a man who doesn’t bore me.
We may well end up doing it this way. If so, they’d just better stay at that bar long enough for me to get there and have a couple of drinks.
Posted by dichroic at March 27, 2001 06:31 PM