r/MadeMeSmile • u/Conscious-Weight4569 • 5d ago
Wholesome Moments For 16 years, couple goes to the same restaurant and wears the same clothes to celebrate their anniversaries
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u/TheMaesonic 5d ago
AGE DAMN IT AGE
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u/deathonater 5d ago
There's a portrait of them in the attic of that restaurant that is aging normally.
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u/Mandatory_Attribute 5d ago
The portrait of Dory, and Grey.
Their last names, probably…
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u/Red_Wanderer878 5d ago
What is their skincare routine and diet to look the same all these years?!
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u/WeAreTheMisfits 5d ago
You have to eat at that restaurant
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u/MortgageRegular2509 5d ago
But only once a year, and you must always wear the same clothes
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u/Horskr 5d ago edited 5d ago
Now I'm trying to zoom into menus to find this restaurant fountain of youth.
"BABE! I found this new restaurant possibly on the other side of the country we have to eat at for our anniversary every year!.. also make sure to wear something comfortable and durable!"
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u/bolanrox 5d ago
It's fucking chilis. It's just a fountain of sodium.
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u/George_Is_Upset 5d ago
Chili’s is pretty good NGL
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u/Nerdrage30 5d ago
I ate there for the first time in my life like a month ago because the restaurant beside it that we wanted to go to was full, it ended up being really good
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u/Ancientabs 5d ago
I crave their salsa randomly
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u/tequilaneat4me 5d ago
Had a tire fixed at Discount Tire yesterday. They were packed. Three hours to fix. Chili's was down the road. Basket of chips and two bowls of salsa.
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u/bdd1001 5d ago
I waited tables at Chili's in college and here's my favorite takeaway: Order the chips and salsa and a side of ranch. Dip the chips into the ranch, and then into the salsa. Trust me, it's phenomenal.
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u/Background-Air-7963 5d ago
Black don’t crack and Asian don’t raisin
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u/oaklandorbrokeland 5d ago
not rocket science brotha. stay out of the sun, use sunscreen if you do, stay hydrated, 8 hrs sleep.
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u/jigsaw1024 5d ago
Eat a balanced diet with lots of fruit and vegetables, get some activity in your life, be social, avoid stress as much as possible, avoid vices: drugs, alcohol, gambling, smoking.
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u/katgravityrush_ 5d ago
avoid stress as much as possible
Have you existed in the world lately
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u/LurkingRodent 5d ago
Some years ago I had a heavy burnout incident because of my job, ended up in the hospital, some months after I quit and took a break of 3 months (with the money I had saved).
Found a 9-5 wfm job that paid less but I didn't have to even think about it after my shift, life was good again, started making new plans, then the chip crisis happened and now I'm stressed because my main hobby is becoming unaffordable. Guess I'll have to win the lottery to find peace again.
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u/SadMap7915 5d ago
Avoid vices?! I am here on this earth because of vices!
If you don't mind, I'll take a few of them, topped off with some wrinkles, thank you very much
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u/Upper-Boot-8086 5d ago
Thiss. It’s so funny too cause I used to have tons of ppl poking fun at me (still do to this day) for covering up / wearing hat / always wearing sunblock. Sayin I look pasty. & Look at them now. Lookin 10+ years older than me when were the same age. I was like I told yall that shit was gonna turn u into cracked leather 💀
ppl think it’s real cute to have a ‘tan’ that lasts them a week max for the “enticing” trade off of 10 years worth of skin aging n damage.. apparently 🤣
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u/Brave_Meet8430 5d ago
It’s not skincare, it’s how genuinely they love each other, hence almost a stress less marriage aka a very happy marriage!
That’s the secret. Imho
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u/PinkSideEye 5d ago
so true, the glow really is just from being loved right. skincare can only do so much, real happiness shows on the face way more
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u/HendrixHazeWays 5d ago
Am I the only one who is actually going to address what a lot of us are thinking? I have to be the one to say the obvious?
......Blue and orange pair up GREAT together.
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u/agentorange777 5d ago
I mean it's paired up often. Just look at how many pro sports teams do blue/orange combos.
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u/SaltKick2 5d ago
- Take care of your skin - sunscreen etc..
- Start taking pictures in your early 20s
- Stay healthy
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u/Constant-Funny1817 5d ago
Fitting into the same outfits after 16 years is impressive, at least to me!
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u/monkey_trumpets 5d ago
Especially after that many kids
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u/SUDDENLY_VIRGIN 5d ago
Weird
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u/Hot_Porking 5d ago
It's not weird to be Asian. Statistically most of the world is from the continent of Asia.
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u/dectk731 5d ago
I think if fitting into a specific outfit exactly once a year was my motivation, I'd do a much better job of staying in shape.
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u/Mediocre-Proposal686 5d ago
They are a great looking couple in general. Their kids won the good-looking genes lottery!
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u/faraine82 5d ago
The guy is a vampire! He stayed the same for 16 years.
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u/010u3 5d ago edited 5d ago
Yeah, I can’t lie, he’s completely outed himself with these photos haha
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u/Know_how_to_b_stupid 5d ago
Wouldn’t appear on the pictures if he was a vampire. Come on. He is obviously a man who built a Time Machine and travel to the same night, and going one year jumps, hence the same outfits.
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u/Quinnmeister 5d ago
Could he appear in pictures if the camera was mirrorless? That would be an interesting twist on vampire lore
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u/regoapps 5d ago
Plot twist: They took all the photos within the same time frame and just got different aged child actors for each "year".
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u/Time_Pomegranate2787 5d ago
I was thinking “how did neither of them age? She birthed 4 children and looks the same? How?”
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u/faraine82 5d ago
Another theory, all the photos are taken in the same night and they hired the children. Both are using the same clothes on all the photos.
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u/Time_Pomegranate2787 5d ago
Haha. How many children would they have to hire to appear as if they’re all four aging in increments of 1 year? Like 25 children?
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u/ExperienceKind412 5d ago
For real, my friend had a baby and I watched her age 5 years in 1. Our girl there is a vamp as well
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u/sidepart 5d ago
Must be that whole Matrix residual self image thing! They figured out how to manipulate it. Meanwhile in that same period I lost my hair and my beard is greying the fuck out! Shit, I ain't even the same redditor I was 16 years ago.
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u/Clean_Improvement913 5d ago
It can happen when you are happy and stress free
And a vampire
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u/Hopeful-Mirror1664 5d ago
Four kids and stress free is a rare thing.
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u/Clean_Improvement913 5d ago
Yes it is rare, and mom must have been a large contribution to staying stress free
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u/Nords1981 5d ago
As my good friend will tell me, "black don't crack". He also smells suspiciously of cocoa butter from as far as 20 ft away... stay young forever Marcus!
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u/jcoddinc 5d ago
Nah, he proved he's human. Went from not being able to have any facial hair to getting a five o'clock shadow
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u/ZombieDingDong 5d ago
I heard about black don’t crack. But whites all right too! So jealous of them both!
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u/Rude-Violinist-9538 5d ago
bro found the one cheat code for aging apparently just skip the updates for 16 years
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u/Bright-Map-9705 5d ago
That's beautiful. The evolution of a family through a simple yearly activity marking an anniversary.
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u/HottieMcHotHot 5d ago
I had to go back and figure out where the 4th kid came in. Looks like sometime during year 10 and 11.
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u/agentorange777 5d ago
The photos are cropped weird after they have the 3rd kid. some of them are focused on the kids and some of them are focused on the couple. She looks pretty far along in pregnancy to me in year 10 and then in year 11 she's holding the baby in her lap and one of the older kids is cropped out of the top right corner.
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u/demona2002 5d ago
What a gorgeous family!
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u/EpsteinsEggPeen 5d ago
Honestly, these people are who I do it for. I'm never going to live a life I enjoy, but it's nice knowing that by doing my part, people are out there having beautiful moments and raising the future of our world in a safe place.
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u/Intrepid_Finish456 5d ago
A lot of people would complain at the "monotony" of it all. I love that they can take the time to simply appreciate each other and the family they've built.
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u/AgentFoo 5d ago
Okay, props to mom for fitting into the same clothes after that many kids.
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u/HBlight 5d ago
"First date wear something loose so you can be pregnant in it at any point in the next decade and a half"
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u/bimm3r36 5d ago
Dude every time I drop that before the date, the girl doesn’t show up. What am I doing wrong?
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u/Cimonaa 5d ago
Them blurring their kids instantly brought about a lot of respect from me.. these are good people.
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u/Conscious-Weight4569 5d ago
It was me who blurred out the faces 🫣, otherwise someone would’ve called me out on it.
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u/musical_dragon_cat 5d ago
Oh dang! My comment is moot now 😅 My deepest respects to you, good samaritan
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u/That_Gamer_Guy94 5d ago
My fiancée and I do this every year where we had our first date
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u/melkatron 5d ago
So did we, and we reserved the same table we sat at. Unfortunately, the food quality took a dive about 12 years in, so we stopped punishing ourselves. The streak was broken the first year of covid anyway.
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u/TinKnight1 5d ago
That's why you do what the original couple did, & go to a major chain restaurant that never really changes.
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u/melkatron 5d ago
Yeeaaaahhh, it was BJ's. Didn't expect them to fall off so hard.
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u/TinKnight1 5d ago
With BJ's, I think it's heavily location-based (maybe their franchise model gives leeway to the local operators?). The one near me was still pretty good the last time I went, but another one on the other side of the city definitely was "Meh" the last time I went on a date there before Covid.
That sucks that your plans fell through!
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u/ScallionRelative6265 5d ago
If you watch the pictures backwards it tells a very chilling story about absorbing children for eternal youth.
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u/Chuck-You-Two 5d ago
Did they have a kid every other year!? Good lawd.
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u/delphine1041 5d ago
The last one to show up, in year 13, doesn't look baby-sized.
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u/musical_dragon_cat 5d ago edited 5d ago
Bless them OP for blurring the kids' faces, that's responsible posting!
Edit: I misattributed the blurs to the parents
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u/Paisley_Sparkling24 5d ago
Sixteen years of showing up for each other that's the part that matters most
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u/changingshades 5d ago
there is so much about this i love. them being together. them doing this. the family getting bigger and being happy. the restaraunt being around this long
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u/Separate-Giraffe4780 5d ago
I want to know how they kept his shirt that blue the whole time
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u/anniearrow 5d ago
I want to know how they fit in the same clothes after the first year
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u/moebius21 5d ago
My wife and I don't go to the exact same restaurant for our dateaverssary, mostly because it would be a bit of a drive, but we do go to an O'Charleys if we can. That was our first date dinner. We don't wear the exact same clothes though so what these people are doing is pretty cool.
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u/CrazyCaliCatLady 5d ago
Here's what I think. They took all these pics in one day. They just kept adding fingers and kids to their photos. Or vampirism.
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u/krammit33 4d ago
Why is everyone surprised that black don't crack? I thought this was a well known fact.
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u/RostyNoman 5d ago
Nothing I love more than seeing people blur kids, this is the way. Your kids deserve privacy.
Looks like awesome couple
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u/froction 5d ago
The gf and I eat at the same table in the same restaurant every year on the anniversary of our first date, but so far it has only been four.
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u/LucianTP 5d ago
That’s just so beautiful,
There’s something about having your person and I’ve been with my wife for a long time but we’re still in our 20s
Thinking of 16 years just makes me tear up, so beautiful
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u/Uuuuugggggghhhhh 5d ago
The restaurant should be consulting them and paying them as an advertisement for their cuisine.
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u/NoDifference3349 4d ago
This is very sweet...but the thing I appreciate the most is how he puts up a three like how I do it and she does it how my wife does it.
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u/tino-tonitini 4d ago
This is what life is all about. It isn’t about the glitz and glam. It’s about finding joy in the simple things. I can tell they have the happiest life because they’re happy with what they have. I love people who find joy in simplicity. It’s beautiful
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u/EarlGrey1806 5d ago
What a wonderful family! I love how each pictures seem to have an additional adorable child. Many blessings for you and your family.
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u/matchamamiplum 5d ago
omg my heart is actually melting reaching for the tissues rn lol😭 this is literally the cutest thing ive seen all day, talk about relationship goals!!
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u/ditchdiggergirl 5d ago
Wonderful tradition. Smart of them to choose simple easy clothing and an inexpensive family friendly restaurant.
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u/Practical_Jelly_8342 5d ago
Most amazing thing is a restaraunt being around for 16 years
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u/Silly_Double408 5d ago
where the hell do you buy your clothes from that they last 16 years.. please share.
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u/ayemateys 5d ago
OMG THIS IS SO CUTE I CANNOT!!! Married 25 years and saved the clothes we first met in!!! Wish we did this!!
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