A Perfect Match

Matt mentioned a few mornings ago that he's low on Pomade, but that I need not rush out that day to pick some up. (I tend to get things he mentions immediately.) He was giving me a few days notice. I smiled broadly, knowing I'd bought some a while ago in case I didn't have advance warning. At that moment, I hopped up and went to get it from my stash. Hm. Where did I put it?

Fast forward. It's been a week now and my sweet husband asked me this morning if I ever found it. No. I told him I looked everywhere twice...that I grew frustrated thinking it has to be here somewhere, but I still couldn't put my hands on it.

 Missing: 

He gently offered a few suggestions. Even followed up on whether or not I'd checked where he suggested before. Yes. I looked there and even that other place he mentioned. He offered new suggestions. I said yes, I looked there and there and even there. I guess I'll have to buy a new one. They are expensive though. I'd rather be able to produce the one I already purchased. 

Sadly, I had completely forgotten he needed it fairly soon. You see, I remembered my Mom's advice to me in childhood. Once you've looked "everywhere" for something, you should put it out of your mind and go about doing something else. It's there somewhere and it will turn up when you're not thinking about it. Following that advice and praying God would help me find the misplaced item has always led to it turning up. That hasn't happened yet this time and in the meantime, apparently I cleared my mind too well.

After discussing this saga with Matt this morning, I went downstairs to pack his lunch. He followed shortly after and just before walking out the door, he asked, "Do you see my coffee mug anywhere?" I didn't and told him I'd run up and find it. He suggested he must have left it in the man-cave (his office and t.v. room). I looked and it wasn't there. Up to our room on the third floor I sprung. 

The coffee. It was still in the pot with empty mugs lined up on the tray next to it. Ha! He didn't remember he hadn't poured it into a mug yet!

This is just one example of how perfect a match Matt and I are for one another. Absent-minded together :)

I could prove my point with further examples. Suffice it to say that we are so similar in several areas that I wonder if it's possible that we've influenced one another in a mere 6 months of marriage or if we simply possessed these qualities in our own rite prior to our union. 

Either way, we're a perfect match.