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An important thing to remember about people

It’s can be easy to forget sometimes. We go about our busy little lives, all the time trying to satisfy our selfish wants and needs, and there’s never enough time in a day. Simple things can piss you off, make you snap, ruin your day — whatever. Sometimes we can be stuck in this world and forget that there are others around us. Not just work colleagues and friends, but even closer than that –  sometimes we can forget to appreciate the one’s we love. Yes, I’m going soft on this one.

Of course, we know we love them, we even tell them sometimes! We give them hugs, the occasional gift (or slap on the bum) and help them do things, but I think the one thing to remember is that everyone loves a simple little surprise. No matter how small, lame, or insignificant you may think it is, just the fact that you have planned something for the other person can mean the world. I know it makes my shitty day.

My example started selfishly. Mihoko and I don’t buy sweets and things — we need to save. We don’t get fast food — Shit, I cut down my alcohol consumption by two thirds or more… Let’s just say we go without a lot. Anyway, the other day I was buying petrol and I decided I felt like getting some chocolate. So I did. To be honest, my intention was to eat it secretly and not tell the wife. But I saved it for another day because it turns out I started feeling a bit funny in the tummy. Must’ve been guilt f**king with me.

Got home that night, and the missus made an offhand quip about how I had been hiding chocolate. Of course, I hadn’t, she was just poking fun, but I thought it would be a nice surprise. So I hid it. She even came into the room while I was hiding it, but didn’t notice what I was doing. (No, she isn’t blind, and it doesn’t explain why she married me and my ugly mug.)

Then I got all guilty and thought that if I tell her, then there would be repurcussions regarding the apparent ‘misspent dollars’. So I left it for another day.

Tonight I thought, fark it, and I told her I HAD been hiding chocolate. She laughed, poked me, and I wobbled a bit. I told her I was serious, but she didn’t believe me — she was watching her Aussie Idol and didn’t want to get up. She thought I was just being a pain in the ass, because often I’m a pain in the ass. Trust me, if I want to, I can be annoying. Some of you may be aware of this. Anyway, I grinned, and giggled a bit, and played the annoying husband game.

She took it and went with it. I refused to go get the chocolate, but swore black and blue it was there — because it was. She kept laughing and telling me to shut up. She was probably playing the annoyed wife game as much I was playing mine. On the ad break, I told her to go and check. Reluctantly, she got up from her throne and rushed to the bedroom, cursing my name the whole way.

Needless to say, it was a big surprise when she found the chocolate was actually there, even though I had repeatedly told her it was there — it was all a little bit “boy who cried wolf”… kind of “husband who is pain in the ass”. So she was thrilled to find it was there (and was also happy because we hadn’t had choccy in some time). In a way, I kind of remembered that you don’t really need to do much to make people happy, so I thought I’d write this down for posterity.

BUT! Because it was a bit of a namby pamby post, I will end with this: boobs, sex, drugs, and punches in the face. Screw you all, see you tomorrow.

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