Sometimes I can be an idiot.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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And a thoughtless idiot to boot.

So I did not deserve at all what my wife did for me yesterday.

After mentioning a couple of weeks ago that I’d heard about a new (to me) blues musician, she went out and tracked down some CDs for me. And she did this after I’ve certainly been an idiot lately. She also found an absolutely beautiful card, and addressed both the card and envelope with an amazing sentiment. I have tears in my eyes just thinking about it.

This is not an anniversary of any kind, not my birthday, not anything. Nothing except that I was an idiot and thoughtlessly hurt her, and despite that, partially because of it, she wanted to do this for me and thought it would make me feel better.

I do not deserve such a person. I truly do not. But I am eternally grateful that she chooses not to see that, and puts up with me anyway. For over twenty years she has kept me alive and in love, she has beautiful brown eyes and a sexy everything to go with them.

I love her with all my being, and I only wish that I could find a way to express it to her more fully.

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May I recommend showing her this post (or writing it up as a card for her with some flowers)?

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Judging by your effusive love and gratitude in the OP, you probably do!

Congratulations on such a happy long-term union. I haven’t been married as long as you (four years) but I’m learning that good, strong love is one of the most resilient substances there is.

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If I were you, I’d start off by telling all this to her, instead of us.

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So just curious, but what idiotic thing did you do that hurt her anyway?

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Maybe part of showing her how much you appreciate her would be figuring out why what you did hurt her and not doing it (or things like it) again. :slight_smile:

I’m guessing you do more than you realize to carry your share in the relationship - not all women need constant gifts and flowers to feel appreciated.

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Sounds to me you can’t be too much of an idiot, as you are intelligent enough to know you obviously have a good thing goin’ on…

Take her out for a nice meal, or fix her one of her favorite dishes, and tell her how much she means to you—I would bet it would make her day.

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Number one on my list.

Number 2. Or maybe 1.1. Actually already done, but I need to be better at doing it more.

9

You are obviously doing something right.
But on to important stuff. Who is the musician?

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Joe Bonamassa. Some very good stuff, IHMO.

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Cool!

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I love you with all my heart and soul, I am eternally grateful to have you in my life. Without you, my life would not be complete. Thank you so much for sharing your life with me, most of all, thank you for being you and for loving me.

I Can Hear Music

This is the way
I always dreamed it would be
The way that it is, oh
When you are holding me
I never had a love of my own
Maybe thats why when were all alone

I can hear music
I can hear music
The sound of the city baby
Seems to disappear, oh when
I can hear music
Sweet sweet music
Whenever you touch me baby
Whenever you`re near…

Performed by one of my favs…Freddie Mercury
http://www.lyricsbay.com/i_can_hear_music_lyrics-freddie_mercury.html

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Can we assume RKnowley is the wife of JimOfAllTrades? Cause, you guys are pretty sweet. :slight_smile:

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JimOfAllTrades? Heh, love the username. And so too, apparently, does RKnowley.

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She is my wife. And impossibly cute. Way too good for this old man.

And I say that not in the “aw, isn’t that cute” kind of way. She is always, every day, the kind of person I wish I could be.