Pete and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary this past September. I feel so fortunate to have spent the last decade of my life with such a good, kind-hearted, and adventurous man. It's a reassuring feeling when you can look at the person you've spent nearly 1/3 of your life with and be able to say to yourself, "That was a good decision!"
Interested to find out the "traditional" wedding gift that honors 10 years of commitment, I discovered it was to be something made of tin or aluminum. Tin or Aluminum?!? I felt a little ripped off. Nine years is leather. That at least warrants a cool pair of boots or a new car with leather seats-but tin/aluminum? So I read up on this tin business and found the following...
"The pliability of tin and aluminum is a symbol of how a successful marriage needs to be flexible and durable and how it can be bent without being broken." OK. Clever.
But, I really liked the idea of tin/aluminum, when Pete told me the majority of an airplane is made of aluminum-hence, our trip to France last summer.
So, here's to being pliable and making good decisions.
(the 11th year anniversary gift is steel...isn't the Eiffel Tower made of steel?
Bon Voyage???)
Well we all know that dad has always appreciated aluminum. It does make for nice curtains. Or as a blanket on a cold night. New addition to your lovely home?
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