when you live together for five years

5 years and counting. Not bad at all. We've not been the model husband-wife duo, but we've been doing a good job of bearing each other. At 5 years, mush doesn't come easily. So a Tommy watch and Swarovski jewellery was exchanged. A movie called Dark Knight (and not some romantic tear jerker) was watched, a serious lunch over wine, was had.

I tried looking into his eyes, and passed a mush line - 'cant believe its been this long, no? He said - 'Yeah man.......listen, when are you getting your driving license?'

I stopped trying. It was futile, and it was getting a little comical. Each time I tried to pull him into a romantic conversation, he'd switch over to a mundane-inside-a-car-having-regular-boring-talk- situation.

So we took a u-turn back home. He hit the bed at 6 pm. I played with Mish Mash. She cut our anniversary cake. She ate up all the cream icing. We went to bed by 9 pm.

Sigh. But hey, am not complaining. I'll be glad if next year I can get him to remember the date.

How do couples manage for decades? Beats me.