When we first got married we used to try to go the same places we went on dates and recreate our dates- from memory. It was lots of fun trying to remember the topics that came up as we were by whatever landmark. Being that we were married already we were able to tell each other what was really going through our minds.
On the fourth anniversary of our first date I came home from work a little early, helped my wife clean up and suggested that we go for a walk with the kids since it was early. (She had no idea what the date was.)
I made sure to somehow end up in one of the spots we walked by on our first date. When we were at that spot my wife exclaimed “hey, don’t you remember when we were in this exact spot exactly four years ago?”.
“Sure I remember, I remember trying to imagine what we would look like four years later when we would come back with our three kids.”
“It’s a good thing you didn’t tell me what you were thinking”, my wife answered, “or we wouldn’t be here now”.