Birthday…who wants it?

For the nth time my husband asked me this morning if I have a special wish for my birthday. Normally I would have jumped for joy and reiterated a long list…did that in the past.. but since we got married, each year he would ask and I’d answer him: “What more can I ask for? I have you and that’s what matters most.” and meant it then and I still feel the same way now.
I have not given him the same answer this morning though and I thought of teasing him so I said: “I want a *bleep bleep*” ( an expensive software for designing )which I know would blow him off, gheez! his eyes almost popped out from the sockets.
You see, we are far from being rich but also not too poor, instead we are happy with what we have and we seldom want what we can’t have. We live just right I believe. But sometimes my husband tends to spoil me and go overboard just to give me what I want. He gave me an honest look and said: “Honey, I’m afraid I can’t afford that software, it’s just too expensive” and I know he too was disappointed that he can’t give me my ‘wish’. I looked at him, smiling, and said: “I already got my wish! YOU! All of YOU!!” then I hugged him, really tight.
Having a wonderful man like him by my side makes me want to celebrate my birthdays. Even makes me wish for more birthdays to come. I don’t care about growing old as long as I can grow old with him. God has truly blessed me with this man who can withstand my tornado like tantrums, my craziness, my dramas, my once in a month killer mood and all what-have-yous. In short..he can TOLERATE me. ( I know that I am not a bad person, but the critisism always starts from me…better off that way I guess. )

I learned not to ask for things anymore because as I begun maturing I realized that if I truly deserve something, I need not ask for it, it’ll just be given. So this year, I don’t have to ask. ( Or should I say, I can feel ‘em gifts coming, ho ho ho )

Oh wait!… let me back up just a bit, while typing this, I received my payslip with a 40% deduction - TAX!!! grrrr - that’s one thing I never asked for, but is constantly given