O My!
My Valentine gift to you?
A video of me talking to the ladies on ABC’s The Daily Dish about everyday romance. A segment in which I get a little too animated and say the O word twice. And yes, my dad was watching.
I know, I know. Next year I promise to get you chocolates instead.
Smile! Man, I am not very photogenic. Yowza.
Generally, Riley and I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day. We don’t have any hard and fast rule against it. It’s just that the whole One Day To Make A Big Gesture thing isn’t totally our style. The extent of our revelry is found somewhere along the lines of a text during the day or an “Oh, Honey! Today was Valentine’s Day, huh?” Our anniversary has also suffered from this laid back mentality. Last year was the first year either of us remembered what day the blessed event fell on. I think we ended up getting Chick-Fil-A and making out in a Target parking lot. Yes, we celebrated our sixth anniversary like two fifteen year old’s trying to spend all their allowance money before curfew.
It was awesome.
It’s not that the lovely husband is not romantic. There have been plenty of candlelit nights and surprise presents wrapped in ribbon. Rather, it is that my definition of real romance has very little to do with flowers one day a year. Riley is there when I need him, he supports my crazy pie-in-the-sky dreams, he is a good father. I mean, that boy makes our bed every day before he leaves for work. (Granted, it is because he cannot stand how I do it. Something about me being raised in a barn?) For me, the big little things that man does every day take the pressure off the days like Valentine’s Day
This year, in an effort to be more heart shaped, I bought him a tie. I was so excited about it I gave it to him as soon as I got to the house. He, sweet boy that he is, backed The Lost Party book on Kickstarter with enough money that I get a book, a family portrait, a picture from the book and clouds raining down confetti. A surprise he kept to himself for a full five minutes. So today will be like all of our other Valentine’s days.
A text, a shrug and a lot of love.
This guy.
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That picture…my heart is melting. You are amazing. So well spoken, so full of great and important and awesome thoughts and ideas. Great job on The Daily Dish! Can we hang out, please?
Amanda,
Thank you so much! Oh my goodness, you have absolutely made my ever loving day. Too sweet. I wish I could drop Valentines cookies off at your doorstep. Have an AMAZING day.
Meg
You’re such a pro! I love that you spent your last anniversary like teenagers on a date. We’re always talking about how one of the reasons we’re so in love is that we make each other feel like fluttery teens. It’s those first love feelings that make for great romance! Have a happy day, lovely one. Xo
I love how you look at romance. Your husband is one lucky guy.
Oh my goodness. You were stinkin’ adorable on The Dish! And you looked amazing! May I have your hair, please?
You liked the hair? Yes! I thought it looked a little unkempt. Ha!
You are so awesome! I absolutely loved you on The Dish– you are a natural! I’m so proud of you, you little rockstar!
I have the perfect idea for your next sex post….and it won’t take you long either.
“One way your husband will most definitely have sex with you: Two words. Red Dress. Wear it. Flaunt it. Sex.”
Sometimes that’s all it takes.
Now I need to know where you got it, ’cause it is amazing!
OMG. You just made me laugh so hard I spit popcorn out of my nose. And I wasn’t even eating popcorn.
Ps. The dress was my mom’s!
Meg, this is so cool! I don’t know how you remain so calm and collected. I would have totally been freaking out and not able to say one coherent sentence.
Rebecca, I find it disturbingly easy to act like a complete crazy person around strangers. I am sure it means I need to be medicated. Wink.
Megan you are a natural. You are a joy to watch! LOVED IT!
DEBBIE! Thank you. I haven’t even been able to watch the entire thing all the way through.
tehehehehehe
wink.
You were so “you” on this show.
Hahahahaha. I hope that is a good thing.
loved it. you’re adorable. i’m putting all these pieces of advice in a lil folder for my future hubby and i…
FUTURE HUBBY!
I can’t believe the big day is so soon.
Meg, your are courageous.
Mandee, You are too nice. I think I just might be a little loopy. But courageous does sound so much nicer. Wink.
Incredibly slippery slope
Slippery slope to awesomeness?
Well, I think you’re “glorious”, 5 steps or not
I certainly appreciate the female perspective, and with enough years one starts to figure it out (kind of). The reason men are “thick” is because we only understand sex from our perspective. We don’t need for women to have 5 steps, we don’t even really need you to have 1 step. We don’t need to be put in the mood, because we’re always in the mood. We think sex is the greatest thing in life and we will sacrifice sleep, food, comedy and pretty much anything and everything to have it. Give us the 5 steps, give us 10 or 20. What are they and let’s get them done as quickly as we can, that’s how a man thinks. We’re pretty easy to figure out that way. What we assume (when we’re younger) is that its the same for women. As time goes by we realize or discover that it isn’t, and then we struggle to understand why it isn’t. Is it me? Is it her? We didn’t have all this need for steps before. What changed? Will I ever be able to do these confounded steps right? Is it over? If a woman’s desire/interest can diminish over time (sleep over sex, really?), will it vanish completely? I feel I must enlighten you that things do change with age, for both genders, drastically. Let’s just say that some men would like to have sex a lot more than they actually physically can (not that I know anyone like that, lol). You’re in your 20′s, but not everyone is… Enjoy it!
you were a natural! made for TV, that meg.
also, Orgasm!