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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Love Is a Ripped Sweatshirt

You know the old expression, he'd give you the shirt off his back.  Sometimes just the pocket is enough.

Damaged in an act of chivalry
One cold morning back in December, the husband and I were walking Alfie on the bike path along the little river that runs through town.  We were about 15 minutes away from home when I got a sudden nosebleed.  Not a little dab-your-nose-and-it-stops nosebleed, but what I call "a gusher."  Luckily, I had some Kleenexes in my pocket, but they were quickly used up.  I wanted to avoid damage to my coat and leather gloves, so I tried holding a plastic bag to my nose, but that was really no help.  Things were getting messy when the husband unzipped his coat and, in a bold act of chivalry, ripped the kangaroo pocket off his sweatshirt.


2003 on the steps of Old Botany

It was an old sweatshirt, one he'd bought in 2003 at Iowa State.  We had taken a trip over to Ames to show the little kiddies where their parents had met.   In the fall of 1982, I was a graduate student and teaching assistant, and he was one of a large group of instructors hired that year on a yearly contract.  Our department had taken over the Old Botany building, which had been closed for several years, to house the offices of TAs and this sudden boom of instructors.  We met while searching for our offices a few days before the semester began.  So while the sweatshirt itself was not really valuable, it did have a certain sentimental value.


We don't make a big deal out of Valentine's Day, but this year the husband did have a package to open.


I hope everyone has a happy Valentine's Day!


16 comments:

  1. Awww, love rears its head in the strangest places!!

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  2. Isn't that funny? Little things like that are all it takes to keep us ladies happy! Happy Valentine's Day!

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  3. That's just awesome :) Dean and I don't care much for v-day either, but he did buy me a couple bags of my favorite candy (Swedish Fish and French Burnt Peanuts), a chocolate Moon Pie, and he made me a mix cd. It's the little things :)

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  4. That's so sweet - love comes in so many different forms - even a pocket.

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  5. Great gift for v-day. Love how you told the story. Hope you and your husband have an awesome Valentine's Day =)

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  6. Sweet story!! Happy Valentines Day!

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  7. I love it! Sentimental gifts are always the best. So sweet of your Hubby to rip off his pocket for you. What a gentleman!

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  8. Oh Posy, it's never the cost that warms the heart, it's the sentiment behind the gift. That's so good of you and how very thoughtful. Great story. Loved hearing it!

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  9. Sweet story. That was a great gift! Sentimental gifts are always my favorite.

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  10. Awww, what a sweet (and slightly gross) story! I'm glad you two love birds had a happy Valentine's Day!

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  11. Ha ha, I love it! What a gentleman. ;) Hope that you had a lovely Valentine's day. :)

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  12. What a cute story! I hope the old one is still usable? It has even more sentimental value now, perhaps!

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  13. Funny and sweet - we love our guys! Great gift, too ;-)!

    Dough, Dirt & Dye

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