Beware of a relationship in which there is no laughter. – Kent Nerburn
More: “Laughter is the child of surprise. If you can make each other laugh, you can always surprise each other. And if you can always surprise each other, you can always keep the world around you new.”
My wife Robbie and I had lunch yesterday and I had her in stitches with a couple of stories about guys. Tonight, we had a Valentine’s Day dinner and I surprised her by going to the restaurant ahead of time and arranging with the waitress to present my goofy gifts after we arrived. One of my gifts was a heart-shaped paper thingy that had ten worthless trinkets hidden within layers and layers of colorful wrapping. It took her 10 minutes to undo it all and she giggled with delight the whole time.
She gave me some gourmet hot chocolate, along with a card that has a picture of a parking meter on the front, which reads “60 minute limit. Insert dime.” And on the inside, the card says, “That’s not nearly long enough for what I have in mind.” I just go crazy when she gives me cards like this. It’s the “being desired” that I wrote about in my Why women don’t want sex with us essay last fall.
But the quote of Nerburn’s makes me realize that being able to make her laugh and surprise her over simple goofy stuff is a huge turn-on for me… as much as being able to delight her in, um, other ways.
I feel like a lucky man tonight, gents. It wasn’t always like this.