On our last evening at Edisto Island, SC, Jon suggested we go and watch the sunset. How romantic, right? The man I’m about to marry wanted to go and watch the sunset with me. We got down to the pier as the sun was beginning its descent. After finding the perfect place on the railing with the sunset directly in front of us, I settled in for some romance… just about the time he pulled a bag of barbecue sunflower seeds out of his pocket. I’m surprised I haven’t blogged about these things before because he eats them all the time and he knows that I won’t touch him with a ten-foot pole when he’s eaten them because they are so odorous.“I brought my sunflower seeds because I can spit them here.”
“I hope you don’t think I’m going to kiss you if you eat those things.”
“Well, I didn’t think you were going to kiss me anyway.”
“What? You don’t think I was going to kiss you?”
“Well, I wasn’t thinking romance. I was just thinking it would be cool to watch the sunset.”
Great.
“Okay, I won’t eat them then and we can be romantic.”
The sunflower seeds go back in his pocket and I nestle up next to him as he stretches out his arm around me. We stare off toward the sunset. At least I thought that’s where WE were looking.
“Oh, that little girl in the water down there is going to be eaten by a shark.”
“JON, that’s horrible.”
“Oh wait, she’s on her knees. I thought she was out to her waist. Well, now all she has to worry about are eels and crabs.”
“Yeah, you really weren’t thinking romance, were you?”
After a few more comments about shark attacks and foot fungus (okay, he didn’t really talk about foot fungus, but shark talk had already killed the moment, so why not), he focused on the sunset and on trying to be more romantic. The sun sank down into the tree line and I was ready to move on from the moment.
“No, we’re not leaving until every hint of magenta has faded from the clouds.”
“Okay, I’m totally not telling any of my girlfriends that you just used the word ‘magenta’”.
He did.
2 comments:
Oh Jennifer...... I can't believe your innocent pre-nuptial heart is already realizing the reality of men and romance. I didn't find out until after I was married.... Maybe it's better this way- to know early on.
Magenta? Are you kidding me? Who uses that word?!
I agree w/ Florence - best to know what you're up against. And, remember, "Knowledge IS power!"
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