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Birthday Dinner Disaster

Vivian — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:38:05 GMT

My husband, with every good intention, decided to prepare a sumptuous dinner for my birthday last night. The table was set to perfection, the champagne was chilled, and he had gone to Wegman's for boiled lobster, my favorite. Not being a lobster fan, my husband bought shrimp for himself. I was seated at the table but just as my husband was about to sit down, he realized he had forgotten the bowl of cocktail sauce, which he loves to slather on his shrimp. As hubby was bringing the bowl to the table, his hand slipped and the filled-to-the- brim bowl went flying...over my head, down to my clothes and shoes, onto the white chair where I was seated, splashing onto the white wall, the tablecloth, and finally landing in a blood-spattered-looking pattern onto my just shampooed carpet. I screamed, I cried, and then I ate after I changed clothes and my husband cleaned up the mess. Needless to say, the ambience of the meal changed from romantic evening to slapstick comedy.

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151949 — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:02:42 GMT

Happy birthday - yesterday was my birthday too. Only a few , very special people, get to have that birthday! Sorry about the cocktail sauce.

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Marienkaefer2 — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 16:15:31 GMT

It was a birthday to remember! Your husband sounds like a sweet guy.

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CouponQueen — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 16:21:23 GMT

awww what a sweet husband you have.

I dont' get the screaming and crying part. It was not intentional..but glad you were able to enjoy your dinner later and laughed over it..

Happy belated birthday!

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Financialgrl — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 18:04:33 GMT

Sounds like a Lucy and Ricky episode. Nice of your husband to go to the trouble and glad you were able to eventually enjoy.

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colliemom4 — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:02:07 GMT

Happy Birthday. Sounds like something that would happen to me! Your husband sounds sweet.

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Danky — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:25:53 GMT

What an unintentionally sweet moment......trust me, that was a birthday that you will laugh about and remember for the rest of your life. Next time, save the screaming and crying for something that warrants them and keep the romance by letting DH clean YOU up.......belated Happy Birthday !

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Chrystaltree2 — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:54:25 GMT

It's the thought that counts.....lol And now you have a hilariously funny story that you can tell for years and years to come.

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gidgetgh — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:54:50 GMT

That was very sweet of your husband. I'll tell you though, I would have found nothing funny about the mess. Maybe years down the road. Years and years. I wouldn't have been mad at him certainly, but I wouldn't have found it funny.

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OnlyShopsOnline — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 01:20:01 GMT

I think your husband sounds wonderful. And, I don't think your birthday was a disaster. Normal life "stuff" just got into the way...as it always does.

Happy belated birthday Vivian!

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Big Sister — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 05:54:46 GMT

How great is it that you can laugh about things like that. And you didn't have to clean up the mess! DH is a keeper.

Happy Birthday!

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Pickwickpapers — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 07:55:30 GMT

Your hubby was so very kind to plan such a celebration for your birthday. It will be a birthday to cherish. .....

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qualitygal — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 11:54:49 GMT

Oh good, I'm glad you found the humor in that. For someday, it will be the best story (and loving story at that) to tell friends and family. He tried!!! He gets an A+ in my book for that!

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Toppers — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 04:34:08 GMT

Happy Birthday, Vivian!

That was so sweet, what your dear husband did for you. It sounds like it was a beautiful dinner.

Oh well, accidents happen.

One time I was opening a can of chicken and rice soup with an electric can opener. A freak thing happened, and the lid got caught up in the opener, and soup went flying across the kitchen ceiling, and all over the kitchen, and across the cabinets. That was some mess, trying to clean that up.

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elated — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 08:43:50 GMT

Your husband sounds like a great person. When I was little my mom was trying to figure out how to work the whip cream from the can and I was sitting across the table from her---before you knew it I had a faceful of whip cream. I still laugh to this day.

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AuntG — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:45:04 GMT

So sorry about the accident, because aside from that, he really had great intentions.

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Hayfield — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 18:07:15 GMT

Your husband sounds like a terricfic guy, a keeper! Yes, those kind of things have happened to us and later, like you said in your post, went from romantic to slapstic comdey! Being able to laugh together is just as important as the rommance! Happy Birthday!

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Stella Dallas — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 03:49:51 GMT

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