This caught my eye as my friend had emailed me this article back in august and I had forwarded it to my H (we are currently separated and he is having an A, wants the D-but nothing has progressed..I'm in the Infedelity forum)---
H and I have many rituals and it is those things that make me most sad in missing him. \
My most favorite was each and every morning since H got up before me for work, I'd hear him get his cereal, watch morning news, pet the kitty, take his shower and then after the shower he'd walk to my side of the bed and I'd sleepily turn to him, he'd kiss me, say he loved me, I'd smile and tell him I loved him to-to have a good day (and if bad weather to drive safe)--talk to you later. I'd then wait until I heard the garage door close and fall back to sleep with a smile on my face.
Before we bought our first house last year, we had a friday night ritual of dinner take out from our favorite restaurant 2 blocks from home--I'd pick it up on my way home and we couldn't wait to eat--the cat also couldn't wait as he always gots bits of the chicken too!
Early on in our "dating" days--sundays during football season were spent waking up in bed together, ordering breakfast from the diner a few blocks away, he'd go pick it up, we eat and then get back in bed to watch the morning game (snuggling in between plays and having a few plays of our own)
And now with the holidays upon us--I am starting to relive many of our holiday rituals that are special to us. Just hoping that he thinks about these too and thinks twice about the path he is choosing.
Finding a Christmas Tree will never be the same without him--it was always a pain in the butt--but I don't think either one of us would change it--we'd go to about 10+ lots before finding the perfect tree and over the years accumulated 3 tree stands because the trunks always got bigger than the previous year's stand! We'd decorate with "white christmas" on the tv, while I cited all the dialogue by heart... many other special rituals -- all bittersweet this year...
