Cape Town - Most husbands will dig into their pockets for a pair of sapphire earrings, or maybe just a bouquet of daisies, for their fifth wedding anniversary. But self-proclaimed romantic Byron Smith had other ideas.
On Thursday morning, on the front page of the Cape Argus, he bought out an advert wishing his wife a “Happy Anniversary Baby”.
“I just wanted you to know that being married to you has been the most incredible experience of my life,” he wrote next to an image of him posing with his then three-year-old daughter Ashley and wife Jessica.
But it’s not the first time the 42-year-old art director has pulled this stunt. Four years ago he managed to buy up space on the Argus’s cover. However, his wife, who was heavily pregnant, only had two hours to “absorb” the gift before she went into labour.
“She still loves it, so I thought, I’m a romantic, let me do it again,” he said.
The Cape Argus surprised Jessica on Thursday morning when they arrived at her home to present her with a copy of the newspaper.
Their anniversary only takes place tomorrow but, as Byron explains: “I know (it) is only tomorrow, but you know how I like to jump the gun, that and I couldn't get place.”
Cape Argus