Cruising To A Better Birthday

(My husband and I have been together for about eight years. For half of the years that we’ve been together, something crappy happens on my birthday (ex. he forgets my birthday, or we miss a flight), which is in the middle of summer.)

Husband: “You remember that incentive program at my work, where you get that bonus?”

Me: “Oh, yeah, I remember you telling me about that.”

Husband: “Well, I should get that bonus next November. What would you think of going on a cruise that following summer?”

(I’m about to start school again, and I don’t know what the program requires during the summer months.)

Me: “Well, I don’t know if I’ll be doing an internship that summer, or what the plans will be.”

Husband: “We can look at the calendar when its closer, but I wanted to know what you thought of the idea.”

Me: “I love the idea. It sounds awesome!”

Husband: “Good. I have to make up for seven years of sh***y birthdays.”