Valentine's Day Can Be MY Day Too?

So, my fiancé and I decided that this year our Valentine's Day gift to each other would be to take a trip to a resort this coming weekend. No candy. No flowers. No gifts. Well, at least that was the agreement. If you know my fiancé, listening to me is not always her strong suit.

Gotta love her.

I walk into the office eager to talk to my Supervisor about taking a longer lunch; you see I wanted to go surprise my fiance with flowers. I'm thinking about this all the way into work this morning. After all, if any of you know me, listening to her is not my strength either.

Gotta love me.

So, I walk in, I see heart shaped balloons from afar, and I think to myself, "No way those are on my desk." Of course, as I got closer - they were. The first thing that crossed my mind was, which of my ladies such an arrangement had come from. Ha! I kid! I kid! I honestly was surprised...it was a pleasant surprise for sure. They were in a nice red vase, red and white roses with two Mylar balloons. Something in would have sent her for sure. Although traditionally guys don't get flowers, I must say, as the day goes on and I see all the women who are watching others get flowers, and they do not have any, it makes me feel even more special. Especially, because I'm probably the only man in my building to have received flowers.

I truly am grateful to have found somebody i could be myself with, somebody i could grow into the man God had intended me to be with, basically, I am grateful to have found my partner in life. As we approach being together for one whole decade, it's awesome that she thought of a very thoughtful way to make what otherwise is a woman's day, a day that any man who received flowers from their loved one would and could appreciate. The flowers are not just for me, they are for every man out there who has grown accustomed to today being strictly about the woman.

Thank you babe!

Today, you re-calibrated the bar for woman across the globe, and in the process, you solidified why you will be Mrs. Downs.