Forgotten anniversary

[Palimino]

Oh, woe! There is no damage control possible. It was 8 days ago. In previous years, if the fogettery takes me, a guilt trip is laid on me the following day. She has said nothing FOR 8 DAYS. I’m panicking! I have said nothing yet (considering tactical alternatives) but the best I can come-up with is the tried-and-tested abject groveling tactic. Any suggestions?

 

[thedutchman]

ooooh.... you are in the dog box!!!! take her away for the weekend asap

 

[bwana]

What did she get you?

 

[Mars]

Dude you are in deep trouble.

8 Days? The only out here is that she also forgot.

 

[guest2013-1]

Oh, woe! There is no damage control possible. It was 8 days ago. In previous years, if the fogettery takes me, a guilt trip is laid on me the following day. She has said nothing FOR 8 DAYS. I’m panicking! I have said nothing yet (considering tactical alternatives) but the best I can come-up with is the tried-and-tested abject groveling tactic. Any suggestions?

Ah dude, this is ****ing easy.... setup a romantic date. Get a gift. Do everything AS IF it's "the day" and pretend it's a "surprise"

Then when she goes "WTF you *******, our anniversary was 10 days ago!" then you go "Oh? I thought it was today " (remember the sad/dissapointed look)

I'm betting she's not saying anything because it's not the first time this happened and she's testing you to see if you'll come right on your own.

Here's a tip.

Take out your cellphone.

Go to the calendar event setup EVERY DAMN PHONE HAS

*MARK* the event with a damn ring tone and 2 day notice

done

But like I said, you'll probably get points for "surprise anniversary" dinner

 

[guest2013-1]

Dude you are in deep trouble.

8 Days? The only out here is that she also forgot.

WHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAA

I lol'ed in real life.... duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude

women

never

forgets

Trust me on this. She's sitting there surfing the internet or talking to her friends about this and how mad she really is. Possibly even gave up on the fact and ever (worse case scenario) open to other men now, so skating by on this relationship until she can find someone better.

They DO NOT forget

 

[Palimino]

What did she get you?

Hmmmmm. Nothing yet. ‘The best form of defense is attack.’ Accuse her first and be all wounded because I thought she had forgotten. This is worth considering. Are you a seasoned veteran?

 

[bwana]

Hmmmmm. Nothing yet. ‘The best form of defense is attack.’ Accuse her first and be all wounded because I thought she had forgotten. This is worth considering. Are you a seasoned veteran?

One approach would be to innocently ask if she's forgotten about the anniversary but you need to have something in hand to give her . . . and dont leave a paper trail if you bought it after the day.

Or just fess up and take your lumps.

Then go to gmail and click on the link that says calendar and use it! I cant escape the barrage of reminders that come my way via sms and email preceding important dates.

 

[Palimino]

Ah dude, this is ****ing easy.... setup a romantic date. Get a gift. Do everything AS IF it's "the day" and pretend it's a "surprise"

Then when she goes "WTF you *******, our anniversary was 10 days ago!" then you go "Oh? I thought it was today " (remember the sad/dissapointed look)

I'm betting she's not saying anything because it's not the first time this happened and she's testing you to see if you'll come right on your own.

Here's a tip.

Take out your cellphone.

Go to the calendar event setup EVERY DAMN PHONE HAS

*MARK* the event with a damn ring tone and 2 day notice

done

But like I said, you'll probably get points for "surprise anniversary" dinner

A good scheme (in theory). I fear that I won’t have the chutzpah to pull-it-off. Something will go wrong and the situation will be compounded. You don’t know her and her forensic abilities and her propensity for vengeance if I screw it up.

 

[guest2013-1]

Hmmmmm. Nothing yet. ‘The best form of defense is attack.’ Accuse her first and be all wounded because I thought she had forgotten. This is worth considering. Are you a seasoned veteran?

Ooooh, so you want to break up with her. Sorry, I thought you wanted to keep her around.

Yes, accusing her of forgetting is the perfect way to break up.

Oh... what? You mean you don't want to break up? Oooooooooh ok... THEN DONT ACCUSE HER YOU IDIOT

Are you seriously thinking of doing that? And then bringing up ALL of the previous times YOU forgot? Sheesh

Plan a romantic evening, take her out, get a gift, present it to her, say happy anniversary

If she then tells you you got the date WRONG then PRETEND THAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS THAT DAY AND PLAY DUMB

She might be a little mad because you forgot the actual date but you didn't forget that you had an anniversary at all. So like I said, you score some points and sort of save face.

At least you can then apologize in amicable surroundings instead of an enormous fight and accuse her of the one forgetting!

Here's how THAT fight will end: BADLY FOR YOU!

She'll go "Oh really, well you forgot last year, and I didn't forget, I know it's on <insert date here> I was just seeing if you forgot this year as well and obviously you have you *******, why would I want to be with someone that can't even remember something special like this? You don't even love me *starts crying* MY MOTHER WAS RIGHT"

And so.... marks the end of your relationship

 

[guest2013-1]

A good scheme (in theory). I fear that I won’t have the chutzpah to pull-it-off. Something will go wrong and the situation will be compounded. You don’t know her and her forensic abilities and her propensity for vengeance if I screw it up.

How can you screw up anything if you just organize a romantic date? It's not like you're going to propose. FFS grow a pair

 

[DanielGoosen]

Ah dude, this is ****ing easy.... setup a romantic date. Get a gift. Do everything AS IF it's "the day" and pretend it's a "surprise"

Then when she goes "WTF you *******, our anniversary was 10 days ago!" then you go "Oh? I thought it was today " (remember the sad/dissapointed look)

I'm betting she's not saying anything because it's not the first time this happened and she's testing you to see if you'll come right on your own.

Here's a tip.

Take out your cellphone.

Go to the calendar event setup EVERY DAMN PHONE HAS

*MARK* the event with a damn ring tone and 2 day notice

done

But like I said, you'll probably get points for "surprise anniversary" dinner

+1

 

[guest2013-1]

One approach would be to innocently ask if she's forgotten about the anniversary but you need to have something in hand to give her . . . and dont leave a paper trail if you bought it after the day.

Or just fess up and take your lumps.

Then go to gmail and click on the link that says calendar and use it! I cant escape the barrage of reminders that come my way via sms and email preceding important dates.

I found the best way to avoid a fight about "you forgot!" is to pretend like you didn't and if she hasn't said anything, to do something instead of asking her about it.

like I said, women rarely forget these things....

I mean seriously, how tough is it to go to a restaurant, pay the matre'd to have a single red rose with some rose petals/candle on your table (only table there) and then go around for dinner @ like 7pm

I even scored free champagne. And there was no paper trail to speak of.... *sigh* you guys...

When she told me "I thought you forgot" I said "What do you mean?" and she went on to tell me that our anniversary was 3 days ago. Of course I knew I ****ed up, (hence the dinner), so I went, "OMG you're right, I'm so sorry! Why didn't you tell me!"

And then I started acting as if I felt really bad. At the end of the date she apologized to me as well because she didn't say anything at the time and I got nookie.

And yes, this will work, but my guess is once a girl sees or touches your penis you lose all ability to plan/think and just blurt out everything as in truth and there's no defense against that huh?

 

[Creag]

ooooh.... you are in the dog box!!!! take her away for the weekend asap

like he said!

and if you really, really love her ... you'll find a way to do some damage control

 

[Palimino]

If she then tells you you got the date WRONG then PRETEND THAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS THAT DAY AND PLAY DUMB

Have you gone totally insane? Getting the date wrong of such a ‘red letter’ day” Pretending I thought it was on the wrong DATE? This (IMO) is worse than forgetting.

 

[guest2013-1]

No wait, I feel he can only learn from experience.

So go ahead. Accuse her of being the one that forgot... please...

 

[guest2013-1]

Have you gone totally insane? Getting the date wrong of such a ‘red letter’ day” Pretending I thought it was on the wrong DATE? This (IMO) is worse than forgetting.

whahaha, so you're saying getting the wrong date (even though it's in the same month still) is worse?

Okay. My advice is turning into either accusing her of being the one that forgot OR not saying anything and pretend it never happened.

*gets ready for Palimino's future post, "My gf just broke up with me"*

 

[Palimino]

How can you screw up anything if you just organize a romantic date? It's not like you're going to propose. FFS grow a pair

This is easy for you to say. There are myriads of things that can go awry organising a romantic date.

 

[bwana]

Have you gone totally insane? Getting the date wrong of such a ‘red letter’ day” Pretending I thought it was on the wrong DATE? This (IMO) is worse than forgetting.

Rather than lying about thinking it was the wrong day just fess up and grovel . . . at least thats what my wife says.

What anniversary was it - anything divisible by 5 multiplies the depth of the crap your in by a corresponding amount.

 

[penguinfan]

You are going down... in more ways than one. I hope you get some advice here, but the stuff i read so far smells...