I came home tonight and wondered why there were flowers for my wife. Turns out it is her birthday tomorrow.. and my daughter saved me from forgetting. Also, when I opened my MacBook just now, I had a reminder message. So I didn’t forget… but… I guess it does count as forgetting… before the double reminders.
The last time I forgot her birthday or our anniversary, was many years ago. I had been working long, grueling hours. My wife called before I came home that night, asking if I wanted to go out to eat. I declined, saying I’d be very late and just wanted something at home. When I got home that night, we ate, went to bed just before midnight when she said, “Oh, by the way, Happy Anniversary!”
I bought her a piano for her birthday after that missed anniversary. Said piano is now in a room in our basement, walled in, with a door too narrow to get it out. Another memory and item to be solved before our move to Michigan.