When you have been in a relationship for a very long time, priorities shift. Romance changes. You become more practical. Sure, you could fight the natural progression towards tedium but why not honor it instead? Some people might call this giving up and to those people I say, “Who asked you?!”
So, I am designing a new line of note cards especially for people who’ve been with their partner for years and years and years - so many years.
1) The key to any long-term relationship is accountability and forgiveness. Everyone needs to say they’re sorry on occasion and, sometimes, you need to remind your partner of that too because they forget or don’t think they did anything wrong or think that saying they are “sorry you felt blah blah blah” is a real apology and, well, you get the idea. For such occasions, I’ll be mass producing this card:
2) Just as it is important to apologize, it is important to express gratitude. As the decades fly by, you learn to appreciate the practical things your partner does and those should be recognized. Hey – it may not be wine and roses but shit’s gotta get done. Here’s a card for those times:
3) Absence makes the heart grow fonder and the heart really grows fonder when your partner leaves and you have to do everything all by yourself. So, when you are doing the grocery shopping and mowing the lawn and cooking all the meals and giving all the baths and making sure the kids leave the house clothed and then you’re driving them all over the city and – oh yeah – you’re missing your sweetheart , you might need to send this little card:
4) We all want to know we’re loved and it is easy to forget that when you are in a long-term relationship. So, make sure to take the time to tell your partner that you love him or her. Don’t be afraid to multitask while doing so because being busy is no crime.
These four cards are just the beginning of what I assume will be a very successful line.
I can’t promise that they’ll improve your relationship but my partner and I are still together and the text for all of these were based on our texts and e-mails. So, you might want to order some or make your own. Then, ride off into the sunset…if you can do so without arguing over who gets to take the reins.
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Those are completely awesome. I think I’ll use the dead cardinal one the most. :)
Twitter Name: Tech4Moms
Right? Such a useful sentiment.
Twitter Name: uppoppedafox
Yes! I will take ‘em all! We have a happy hunter kitty “Thank you for taking care of the half-dead things littering our lawn”
and lately “facebook says it is our anniversary.” it knows more than we do.
Oh there could definitely be some good anniversary cards!
Twitter Name: uppoppedafox
You need a Zazzle account & then you can make all the cards you want & sell them.
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Twitter Name: grandemocha
Don’t forget…
“Hey honey, I recently had a thought about sex!”
HA! yes, awesome.
Twitter Name: ethanethan
I’ll second this one. Twenty years in December…
I always need beer and ice!
Twitter Name: ethanethan
Who doesn’t, right?
Twitter Name: uppoppedafox
I would buy a 10-pack. maybe you could give Brian a 10-pack, which I will pay for.
Love these! I would totally use them : )
Absolutely awesome! Love the kids killing me the best – would use the sorry one the most I think lol keep up the good work!
Fantastic article from you.
Weigela Wine and Roses are the best gifts all the year around.
OMG I love these! They go right along with my “thanks for shooting the rabid raccoon at midnight” which sounds like code but totally (and unfortunately) isn’t.
Twitter Name: ellemmes
Oooo…that’s a good one to add to the line! And the little raccoon graphic would be adorable :)
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