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lost wedding vows and kept promises

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i promise not to run into our life together, but to walk. i promise to cook you your favourite dinner when you've had a rough day. i promise to worry about the bump on your head you got at work last week even though i know it's probably nothing. i promise to ask you before getting a puppy.. and once i finally convince you to say yes, take it out of hiding. i promise to try not to look my best but to feel best for you, but that will not be hard because with you by my side life doesn't seem that bad; i don't seem that bad. and most importantly, i promise to always love you.

i promise to kiss you every chance i get, on the forehead, cheek, or lips. i promise to tell you that you are beautiful every single day - because you are, every single day. i promise to get a tad jealous when you talk about other men you think are attractive, but i also promise to laugh when the old man that lives next door flirts with you. i promise not to get too mad about the puppy. and most importantly, i promise to always love you, just like you tell me every day.

i promise to try and make our marriage work. i promise to try to not get too angry when you come home from work late every day this week; i will most certainly try to not get jealous of your secretary who seems to see more of you than i do; i promise to be proud of you and your promotions, even if i don't feel like talking to you right now. i promise to cook your favourite meal once a week, and i promise to take the dog for walks when you seem tense so you have some time alone. i promise to try to not cry when we get into a fight. i promise to try and look my best, so maybe you'll pay more attention to me.  i promise to at least try harder, every day.

i promise to try and keep my cool around you. i promise to act happy when you're excited about the way things are going at my work, because i have also promised to pretend i'm not having an affair with my boss. i also promise to keep my affair with my secretary a secret from my boss. i promise to feed the dog what's left on my plate from what you still think is my favourite meal. i promise to try not to yell as much even though you make me angry most of the time rather than happy. i promise to not really try, because i don't really care.

i promise to only cry myself to sleep on the nights you aren't in bed with me, which is almost all the time. i promise to take the dog for runs because he's gotten so fat from all the crap you've been feeding him. i promise to try and make myself feel better about the fact that i don't really have a husband anymore. i promise to tell my mum that everything is great when really everything is falling apart. i promise not to drop in at your work anymore to see how your day is going, because that will most likely result in you getting angry with me in front of your coworkers again. i promise to pretend that i'm not still in love with you.

i promise to stay away on the nights when you're emotional, which is all the time.  i promise to try not to upset you when i am home, so i keep to myself which seems to only upset you more. i promise not to feed the dog anymore because he's gotten fat and i know it's my fault but i'm blaming you instead. i promise to sit on our front porch or on a lonely bar stool drinking a beer with my sleeves rolled up to me elbows thinking about the mistakes i've made. i promise to pretend that i'm still in love with you.

i promise to hope you rot in hell. i promise to sing my favourite song in the car at the top of my lungs and off key because i know it annoyed you. i promise to make whatever the hell i want for dinner, and i promise to tell my mother the truth from now on. i promise to tell my friends that you're the biggest mistake i made, and i promise to burn most of your stuff before i return it to you. and most importantly, i promise to love myself before anyone else.

i promise to still be sleeping with two different women when i beg for you back. i promise to tell my friends that i'm doing fine without you but really i just feel like crap. i promise to not get my life together but at least pretend that i'm trying. i promise to always be that lazy good for nothing jack ass that you only married because you once thought i was perfect for you. i promise to have not learned from any of my mistakes. i promise to always think of you and the life we had, because i have nothing better to do. i promise to always have no morals, no self respect, and no love left in my soul, just like you told me every day.
okay so hopefully this make sense, but i thought of this earlier today. it was very inspired by the wedding vows seen in the movie "what's your number" and i'm really excited about this piece.

the woman is speaking in italics and the man is speaking in bold. i think it suits their personalities.
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oh dear god. it starts out so beautiful and loving and hopeful and it just goes downhill from there- but in a way that's totally.... hmm. eloquent, touching, moving. this is beautifully sad. also, is the movie good? you've made me want to watch it now! what's it about?