As I was perusing the face pages earlier this week a memory popped up reminding me that Un-boyfriend and his wife were celebrating 8 years of marriage. Un-boyfriend and I dated briefly when I was in my early 20’s. Some people thought we would end up together, he was one of those people. Our relationship morphed from a romantic one into more of a brother-sister. Over the years we’ve stayed in touch and will text/email from time to time. Typically it’s to send loving messages such as:
- You’re dead to me.
- Goodbye forever.
- You’re dead inside.
True friendship.
When the memory popped up in my Facebook feed I immediately sent him a text message to wish him and his wife a happy anniversary. He immediately fired back with, “Is it today? Or yesterday? Holy fuck I totally forgot. Am out of town and haven’t said anything to her yet.” Of course I wrote back to tell him he was a total asshole and he better call her and send her some god damned flowers.
Guess I shouldn’t be surprised as he’s the same man who I remind every single year for the last 20 to call his mother on her birthday. I’ve added a reminder to my calendar to remind him when it’s his anniversary. I’m a good god damned friend.
Nice to know that some things never change.
