Hoping To Live Happily Ever After

(My girlfriend and I have just realized that I have an all-day event on the day of our one year anniversary.)

Girlfriend: “If we have to, we can celebrate a year and a day. That has a fine literary history, at least.”

Me: “I can’t think of any…”

Girlfriend: “Well, in fairy tales and such, people are often…” *long pause* “…cursed for a year and a day. That’s not how that sentence was supposed to end!”