Isn't It Romantic?

so lately i've been watching back this 80's comedy, the Cosby Show.
there's this one episode called "Isn't It Romantic?"

In this episode, the dad, that is Cosby, and his two son-in-laws, made a bet on who is the most romantic husband among the three of them. They came to this bet because of Theo, Cosby's unmarried son, who said that marriage is like a graveyard, it is where romance go to die. So to prove him wrong, these 3 gentlemen bet that they could still be romantic and impress their wives by buying them a gift, but the gift should only cost them 25dollars or less.

so the three men set out in the search of a perfect gift for their wives. and this is what they bought :

son-in-law 1# : when his wife open the gift box, there was a single pearl on a necklace string. he said that he knew how much she wanted pearls, but he couldnt afford it, so he decided to buy and add on one to the string for each year of their lives together.

son-in-law 2# : in a time capsule box he bought, he put in a handkerchief which he used to wipe the lipstick off his lips the first time they kissed, and also a flower stem from their wedding day.

the dad : he started out with a story. he said, many many years ago, there was this teenage boy with his girlfriend, went to a store to share a soda. and the girl saw a wooden barrette (hair clip), with a glass stone in the middle of it. the girl loved it, and wanted it so badly, but the boy had no money then to buy it for her. so for today's occasion, he said, he made a few calls, and tried to locate that very same hair clip to give to his wife, and he managed to get it.

the wife, turned to him and said,
"u remember me wanting that barrette?"
yes, the husband said.
"u called long distance to get me that barrette?"
yes, he said feeling very much delighted.
"that's very sweet Cliff"
thank you, he said
"but i never wanted that hair clip."
o'oh.
"Eunice Chantily wore that barrette and i said it was tacky! what i wanted that time was a green plastic bracelet Cliff! NOT that tacky barrette!"

and then she open and took out what was in the box expecting to see that ugly hair clip in her hands, but guess what was in it instead?

the green plastic bracelet! :)

guess what they're trying to say is that you dont need to buy expensive gifts to impress or be romantic, it's the story and the thought behind it that counts. like for me, if someone just as much as remember and buy me my favourite drink, i would consider that as a romantic gesture.

so i told a friend, about how nice it would be like to have a romantic husband. you know to be in a romance filled marriage.

and what she replied made me think hard on the quality of men (and women) of today.

she said (and just for fun, read it in an african-american accent),
"honey," she said "in this day and time, you'd be lucky to just be in a marriage with a husband who does not abandon you in the middle of it!"

and that apparently, ladies and gentleman, is the truth,

and it scared the living daylights out of me.