Happy "Fake" Anniversary

So two years ago today I walked down the isle to join the married side of life. Most people would consider this day their anniversary...but not my endearing husband.

When we started going out it was somewhere around Thanksgiving nine years ago. Most girls remember the actual date but I at least was able to associated a holiday with the approximate time of our date. So for six years we went along celebrating our anniversary somewhere around Thanksgiving by going out to a really nice dinner..meaning expensive!

Then one day I woke up and decided it was time to get married as I was getting too old to call him my boyfriend. I figured if we had made it through six years without too much turmoil then what was another fifty? Mind you, Brian was not as quick to pop the question as I would have liked but as I later found out he had his own issues going on.

He had decided he was going to propose before Thanksgiving with all of our family coming for dinner to celebrate. One would think it was romantic as we started going out at this time, but don't get ahead of yourself as it was a timing coincidence no matter how he tries to back track:) He had inherited his great grandmothers ring and was going to propose with this, but when he went to his mother's house to look for it, he couldn't locate it anywhere. He didn't want to ask his mom where it was as he wanted me to be the first to know..and also in case I said "no". So after months of his looking for it and me being impatient as ever..he took matters into his own hands.

On Christmas eve I was trying frantically to prepare dinner for the next day while he decided to fiddle around in his workshop. I could not imagine what he was doing down there but he was better left alone so I could chop, dice and saute to my hearts content. Later that evening as we were laying in bed watching Spiderman 1 ..where the uncle gets shot...he turns to me and says
Brian:"What are you doing in June"
Jenn: "June? How do I know..why?"
Brian:"I thought we would get married in June"
Jenn: "No, June weather is too unpredictable..what about September"
Then it clued into me that he was asking me to marry him...for which he explained the story of Thanksgiving and his inability to locate the ring...so he produced a ring he had spent the day making with a polished soder ball on top. Obviously I said yes....then began to think -selfishly- I wonder what the real ring looks like and how insulted would he be if it is yellow gold to have it changed to white?

The next day we told his mom who located the ring in all of six seconds, and to my surprise it was a beautiful -white gold- ring...I was a happy girl now.

We tossed around dates and ideas and settled on the long weekend in September, which in 2007 fell on the first weekend. Brian thought this was great as no matter what, he would always remember we got married on the long weekend of September. So on September 2, 2007 (Sundays are cheaper to get married on) I had my hair done, put on a fancy dress and walked down the isle to say "I DO" in front of our closest friends and immediate family.

Now as you have guessed from the title of this post, something must be up. Why yes it is...this year the long weekend falls on the second weekend of September and Brian states that I am breaking the rule of celebrating our Anniversary today as it is not what I agreed to...but I do not remember this in our vows..to love, honour and celebrate our anniversary on the long weekend wherever it falls. He said we should not celebrate out Anniversary until next weekend, but I stand in debate of this...along with all the other women. I have actually asked a lot of our friends and of course the guys agree with him and the girls agree with me...so I guess I will make a nice dinner tonight and increase the expense of dinner next weekend as it is his year to pay....Happy "fake" Anniversary.