One of our unspoken wedding vows is an agreement to always pretend that the other is the most attractive person in the world. (There have been occasional lapses: When Rachel got doe-eyed the first time she watched Barack Obama in a town hall campaign debate, and an unfortunate comment I once let slip about Jennifer Aniston.) That’s why I was taken [...]
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Wedding Vow Violation
Posted in Romancing Rachel, Uncategorized, tagged blistery, eruption, most attractive, pimples, pretend, wedding vows on December 1, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Why Don’t You Love Me Like You Used to Do?
Posted in Romancing Rachel, Uncategorized on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rachel comes down the stairs. She’s holding something. She stops in the front hall, facing me. “I want to be the woman who inspired these,” she says. She’s holding a plastic bag full of cards. She comes over to sit on the couch next to me. In the plastic bag is every card I ever made for [...]
Never Take Your Wife to Miami Beach
Posted in Romancing Rachel, Uncategorized on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Never take your wife on a surpise birthday trip to Miami Beach. I did, last October, for Rachel’s fortieth birthday. I managed to keep it secret until the night before we left. Rachel was astounded, estatic, so excited and happy she cried. It was the best birthday surprise ever. Ever. Now, a year later, it’s her birthday again. Nine [...]
