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Mar
15
Four years ago today, Dave and I stood in front of the Mayor at City Hall and made our agreement to be joined for life legal. I was pregnant with Julia. I had been divorced from my first husband about a minute; Dave had been divorced about a minute and a half.
There were quite a few people who thought the whole getting married thing was a pretty bad idea.
When I think about how I felt that day, it reminds me of the final scene in the movie Say Anything. Lloyd and Diane are on a plane and she says, “Nobody thinks this will actually work, do they?”
Lloyd says, “No. You just described every success story.”
There’s something funny about love - it just doesn’t care about time. Finding it can take a minute or a lifetime, and once you’ve found it, the space in which it occurs can be completely distorted. I feel like I’ve known Dave forever. And I know this for sure: I never want to know life without him.
For our anniversary, I’m going to do something very “little girl in love.” I’m going to post song lyrics. It’s the song that will always, in my mind, tell our little story. Tracey Ullman did it first. Subterfuge’s version is my favorite. But this cover by Nailpin rocks pretty hard.
They Don’t Know* You’ve been around for such a long time now
Oh, maybe I could leave you but I don’t know how
And why should I be lonely every night
When I could be with you, oh yes you make it right
And I don’t listen to the guys who say
That you’re bad for me and I should turn you awayCause they don’t know ’bout us
They’ve never heard of loveI get a feeling when I look at you
Wherever you go now I wanna be there too
They say we’re crazy but I just don’t care
And if they keep on talkin’, still they get nowhere
So I don’t mind if they don’t understand
When I look at you and you hold my handCause they don’t know ’bout us
They’ve never heard of loveWhy should it matter to us if they don’t approve
We should just take our chances while we’ve got nothin’ to loseThere’s no need for living in the past
Now I’ve found a love, I’m gonna make it last
I tell the others don’t bother me
Cause when they look at you they don’t see what I see
No I don’t listen to their wasted lines
Got my eyes wide open and I see the signsCause they don’t know ’bout us
They’ve never heard of loveNo I don’t listen to their wasted lines
Got my eyes wide open and I see the signsCause they don’t know ’bout us
They’ve never heard of love
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Ooooooh. Aaaaah.
That’s a really good song, I’ve never heard it before.
Sweet. Happy Anniversary! Have you heard the Moldy Peaches’ Anyone But You? They play it at the end of Juno and currently it’s my favorite “describe our relationship” song.
happy anniversary! and now you have a grown up bed to enjoy your anniversary..you know to sleep on….with mattress monkey
Happy Anniversary! And you guys teach me about love every day.
I love that song… I only know the Tracey Allman version. Most everyone I knew were against Jon and me getting married (same sort of reasons), but this is our 10th anniversary year. So Ha Ha on them. (I probably shouldn’t jinx it by saying “haha on them” like a jerk.)
You guys are great. Happy Anniversary! Have a really great day.
Happy Anniversary. This is both Larry’s and My second marriage and we had our critics and doubters too. But seven years later, we still hold hands and say I love you all the time. When it’s right, it’s right. Oh and I was knocked up at my living room wedding
Happy anniversary! You and Dave really do belong together.
Aw! Happy anniversary! You and Dave seem so perfect for each other!
I´m SOOOOO happy for you guys! And your little girls are so lucky to have parents that truly love each other!
Happy Anniversary! You two are an inspiration.