A Rose by any other name...

Clint brought me flowers just after the New Year. What a shock! This man (usually)hasn't got a romantic bone in his body!

I confess, I've been hinting for about a year that a romantic gesture of any kind on his part would be warmly recieved. I hate to be an insecure wreck, but after this many years of marriage, life can be so routine that sometimes I wonder whether there's any spark of romantic love left. I'm not turning up my nose at the love we do share, but sometimes a bit of passionate infatuation would not be amiss from time to time.

Of course, as Clint has pointed out to me, a man is not likely to offer a romantic gesture after it's been "suggested" to him. Ater all, that would spoil the spontenaity, and therefore the romance, of such a gesture, he argues. Note that in the previous 12 years, I never made any such suggestion, hinted or not, and netted a total of one bouquet. Not that I think flowers are the end-all of romantic gestures. I can think of lots of things that could be far more original and meaningful. It's just the idea that your special someone thinks of you with affection, even when you're not there, and does something about it (even if it's the classic flowers) that makes it special.

Gratifying as the flowers are, my cynical self notices that they arrive two weeks before the beginning of Clint's 6 month venture into an East Coast tournament circuit, which will involve him being away 2-3 weeks every month until June. Is it possible that he's hoping to garner a little good will?

Whether there is a bit of truth to this or not, the two of us have been getting along great. I think he's happy becuase he's heading off on a new venture; I'm in a good mood because he's in a good mood, and maybe too because I'm hopeful for a better few months to come than the last few have been.

I loved the flowers, whatever the reason. Hopefully I conveyed my appreciation adequately! Clint is gone now, in Florida fishing on Lake Okeechobee with the aligators. Maybe when he gets back I will surprise him with a romantic gesture of my own. Hmmmm...