{"id":3980,"date":"2025-05-16T17:47:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=3980"},"modified":"2025-05-16T17:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:47:31","slug":"my-husband-said-hed-handle-dinner-on-our-anniversary-then-ordered-takeout-for-himself-and-forgot-i-was-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=3980","title":{"rendered":"My Husband Said He&#8217;d &#8216;Handle Dinner&#8217; on Our Anniversary\u2014Then Ordered Takeout for Himself and Forgot I Was Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"162\">Last Thursday marked our 10th wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"382\">Ten years of me handling everything\u2014sick kids, vacations, birthdays, holidays. Even our anniversary dinners? Always me. This year, though, I just wanted to <em data-start=\"320\" data-end=\"331\">feel seen<\/em>. I wanted him to think of <em data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"362\">me<\/em>, without reminders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"447\">A week before, I asked gently, \u201cAny plans for our anniversary?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"449\" data-end=\"532\">Without looking up from his phone, he said, \u201cDon\u2019t worry. I\u2019ve got dinner covered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"552\">I let myself hope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"753\">That day, I worked from home, checking the time, waiting for flowers, a sweet message\u2014<em data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"650\">anything<\/em>. At 4 p.m., I got dressed: red dress, lipstick, heels. I waited upstairs, imagining a surprise dinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"772\">By 7:00? Nothing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"797\">Then the doorbell rang.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"811\">Hope surged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"813\" data-end=\"959\">I heard plastic bags&#8230; smelled fast food. He walked in with a burrito bowl, kicked off his shoes, turned on the game. I stepped into the hallway.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"1068\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1068\">\u201cWhere\u2019s mine?\u201d I asked.<br data-start=\"987\" data-end=\"990\" \/>\u201cOh. I forgot you were home,\u201d he said. \u201cOrder something. It\u2019s not too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1070\" data-end=\"1119\">He saw the dress. The makeup. And still\u2026 nothing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1121\" data-end=\"1151\">So I grabbed my coat and left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1153\" data-end=\"1301\">I ended up at my favorite Italian restaurant\u2014alone, but finally at peace. Candlelight, wine, soft music. The waiter smiled and said, \u201cGood for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1321\">I raised my glass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1323\" data-end=\"1435\">To ten years.<br data-start=\"1336\" data-end=\"1339\" \/>To remembering my worth.<br data-start=\"1363\" data-end=\"1366\" \/>To never again settling for someone who forgets I\u2019m even in the room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Last Thursday marked our 10th wedding anniversary. Ten years of me handling everything\u2014sick kids, vacations, birthdays, holidays. Even our anniversary dinners? Always me. This year, though, I just wanted to feel seen. I wanted him to think of me, without reminders. A week before, I asked gently, \u201cAny plans for our anniversary?\u201d Without &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3982,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions\/3982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}