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Dear friends, today is a very special day. Literally a once-in-a-lifetime occasion.
For lack of a better term, today is my "halflife-versary" -- or merely "halflife" for short -- with my beloved![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cheshcat.
Not familiar with the term? I'm not surprised, as I coined it myself. Allow me to explain:
My relationship withcheshcat began on August 12th 1994. I was 7092 days old. Today is January 11th 2014, and my relationship with cheshcat is 7092 days old. (Not coincidentally, I am now 14,184 days old) As you can see, today marks the day where I have been with my dearest life partner for half my life.
If you think about it, this is somewhat of a "lopsided" celebration. I mean, birthdays are clearly about one person -- the birthday "boy" or "girl" -- and relationship anniversaries are generally about a couple. This "halflife" anniversary involves elements of both. The relationship lasting 7092 days is an achievement of bothcheshcat and myself... but the "half my life" status is particular to just me.[*]
By the way: If you are aware of an existing term to describe such a day, gentle readers, do feel free to let me know. Otherwise, I am going to continue to use my own makeshift terminology, calling this my "halflife" celebration.
Today is a day that I have been looking forward to for several years, and it marks a significant milestone. After all, from here on, I have spent more of my life in a relationship withcheshcat than not. Not quite sure how to express that transition in words, but it feels like a Big DealTM to me.
This is also an achievement that I am rather proud of. It is not unheard of by any means, and I know others who have achieved the same. But not many others. And especially not many who passed this point whilst still in their thirties. So yay for us! Huzzah!
To celebrate,cheshcat and I will be heading into London for dinner in the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall, followed by a performance of Cirque du Soleil's "Quidam".
Thus, I will sign off now to spend the rest of the day with the aforementionedcheshcat. I wish all of my dear friends a very lovely Saturday!
[*] We will have a different halflife celebration in a couple of years when we reach the point where we have been together for half ofcheshcat's life.
For lack of a better term, today is my "halflife-versary" -- or merely "halflife" for short -- with my beloved
cheshcat.Not familiar with the term? I'm not surprised, as I coined it myself. Allow me to explain:
My relationship with
cheshcat began on August 12th 1994. I was 7092 days old. Today is January 11th 2014, and my relationship with cheshcat is 7092 days old. (Not coincidentally, I am now 14,184 days old) As you can see, today marks the day where I have been with my dearest life partner for half my life.If you think about it, this is somewhat of a "lopsided" celebration. I mean, birthdays are clearly about one person -- the birthday "boy" or "girl" -- and relationship anniversaries are generally about a couple. This "halflife" anniversary involves elements of both. The relationship lasting 7092 days is an achievement of both
cheshcat and myself... but the "half my life" status is particular to just me.[*]By the way: If you are aware of an existing term to describe such a day, gentle readers, do feel free to let me know. Otherwise, I am going to continue to use my own makeshift terminology, calling this my "halflife" celebration.
Today is a day that I have been looking forward to for several years, and it marks a significant milestone. After all, from here on, I have spent more of my life in a relationship with
cheshcat than not. Not quite sure how to express that transition in words, but it feels like a Big DealTM to me. This is also an achievement that I am rather proud of. It is not unheard of by any means, and I know others who have achieved the same. But not many others. And especially not many who passed this point whilst still in their thirties. So yay for us! Huzzah!
To celebrate,
cheshcat and I will be heading into London for dinner in the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall, followed by a performance of Cirque du Soleil's "Quidam".Thus, I will sign off now to spend the rest of the day with the aforementioned
cheshcat. I wish all of my dear friends a very lovely Saturday![*] We will have a different halflife celebration in a couple of years when we reach the point where we have been together for half of
cheshcat's life.
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