Video games and Game Stop (he was a gamer). It's funny because I ragged him about it but every so often I miss seeing him in his pjs playing his games and having fun.
The first city we lived in together brings back tons of memories and it is weird to go back there. It's where we lived for two years and I think had the most fun in our marriage. It was before we piled on the responsibilities of having a house, a second dog, having a car, etc. It was a more simple life and I wish we would have appreciated it more.
TV shows we used to watch together, especially Castle and Lost. One day we watched every single episode of Castle in bed. One of the best days ever.
Activities I used to do when we were married but I don't do now like crafting and cooking gluten-free food (buffalo chicken dip will always make me think of him for sure). For some reason those activities remind me of him because he was always there when I did them and it was so much part of my married life.
Restaurants we used to love to go to like Nathan's Dairy Bar, Macaroni Grill, Paper Moon, etc. We had a lot of "our places."
Italy will always be our place. It was a good time in our marriage. I know he thinks of it often too.
Christmas is a hard holiday and reminds me of him a lot. We both LOVED the holiday and doing shopping after Thanksgiving. It was a tradition we had. We loved GIFTS and surprises and just all of it. One time he surprised me with a bin of popcorn and it was just awesome (I LOVE popcorn).
I know a lot of these are reminders now because I haven't yet set new traditions with myself or with someone else. I don't really have "my" or "our" places with someone new.
Gosh this is the first time I have written down fond memories and it is making me really sad. Shoot, someone help me out here. I am almost crying at work. WTF.
Post by jojoandleo on Oct 17, 2012 16:38:14 GMT -5
Huh, I just realized-with my ex, when we fought, we used to buy a new Wii game to play together and "bond". My now H is also a video game lover and I never connected the video games with my ex, even though it was actually a big part of our relationship. It may be that they play very different games. XFI was like"Worlds of War Craft" and fantasy gamer, H is a first person shooter type gamer.