MR. X AND MY THOUSANDTH ANNIVERSARY!

I actually had forgotten to plan to write about our anniversary this year! I had written an entirely different article for today, and then realized the date, and quickly whipped this up.

So what to say, what to say about our thousandth anniversary this time?

How we started. (Sort-of.) Photo by Paparazzi.

I don’t like ever repeating myself, but I doubt that there’s even one person out there who remembers everything I’ve ever written. Even I don’t! So I’m happy to again share one of my previous “Happy Anniversary To Us” columns, the one from exactly ten years ago. (Which means we made it through another decade! Will wonders never cease?) It features so many funny things Mr. X has said about our relationship over the years that this one is worth repeating. Here’s the link to his wonderful bon mots: itsnotaboutme.tv/news/special-day-my-1000th-anniversary-with-mr-x.

Here’s one little tidbit I never told you here before, even though I did discuss it on my TV show. Way back in the day, before we even lived together, Mr. X had a fun idea. He said, “Let’s throw a surprise wedding!” I said he can’t surprise me because, even though we all know how madly in love with him I was, (and still am,) I didn’t believe in marriage. But he said the surprise wasn’t for me—it was for the guests!!! I asked how that would work, and he said that we would invite them to a party, (which we had all the time back then,) and once there, they’d find-out we were getting married! What fun for everyone!

How it’s going. Photo by Karen Salkin.

While that would have been hilarious, I asked, “What about the presents?!” And told him I’m not getting married without receiving some much-needed bowls! (A category in which I still need some!) So, after jokingly berating me a bit for needing gifts, he came up with a brilliant idea—we’d have a “Wheel of Fortune” with the gifts we wanted, and after the ceremony, the guests would spin it to find-out what they should get us! Genius!

But then I queried, “Wait—what about our poor friends? I don’t want them to have to buy us anything.” So he came up with yet another brilliant idea. He told me that they would still spin the wheel, but then we would buy them whatever it landed on!!! Wow. What a thoughtful and ingenious idea.

For a couple of years now, I’ve regretted that I did not go along with that insane-yet-adorable plan. But I did talk about what a great idea it was on my show back then, so a few celebs copied us! Grrr.

What we definitely won’t be doing to celebrate, on any level, this year!

So how are we going to celebrate our thousandth anniversary this year, you may ask? I can confidently tell you that there will be no surprises this time. That’s because I know exactly what we’ll be doing, and it’s a combo of our choices. Mine is to stay home and continue to watch the Wimbledon tennis tourney! Duh. Mr. X’s choice is to stay home and just relax and have good food be delivered. And while doing all of that, both of us will be awaiting Lebron’s announcement, of course. We’ll be honored that he waited until our anniversary to share his new team with the world! (Go Cavs!)

So Happy Anniversary to all of us! But really just to Mr. X and me. Here’s to another thousand, my love.