Quote: And, like I said earlier, he's gotten into this mode of waiting for me to do everything and he'll either go along with it or override it with his bad attitude. Fooey on that! I pointed out to him last night that the last date we went on that was his idea was Valentine's Day 2003. Fellas, if you let 3 years go by without taking your wife out, you are going to have one crabby, neglected-feeling chick on your hands.
HP, I've got the opposite problem. My wife NEVER suggests a date idea, nor does she make any of the arrangements for them. But yet she expects us to HAVE them, and gets frustrated when we don't. When I point out to her -- something I've started to do -- that the last SIX (or whatever) dates in a row that we've had, I'VE SUGGESTED, AND I'VE PLANNED, she acquiesces, but she'll still never plan nor suggest the next one.
When pushed on this, she says "Well, I just get the impression you don't like to go out much, so I don't suggest it, because I know you probably don't want to."
Hmmmmmm, what does THAT sound like??? Ironic, huh?
Personally, I don't think Valentine's Day should be about the kids, I think it should be about the parents as lovers and romantics. But I do think there are lots of spouses who treat it like a "family" thing.
