It was a few years ago that my husband said to me: ‘We didn’t want Ed Sheeran tickets, did we?’.
‘Actually, I would have quite liked them.’
But it was too late. My husband had already made the executive decision that we didn’t want them. That was for Ed Sheeran’s Wembley dates for his Multiply album.
My husband shares a Club Wembley membership with his colleagues. It means they can take clients to England games at Wembley (and sometimes FA Cup finals too). It also means that they get first refusal on concert tickets for ‘their’ seats. Unlike the football matches though, they have to pay for the concert tickets.
So we didn’t get those Ed Sheeran tickets, but we got to see Coldplay the following year. I’d always been a bit take-it-or-leave-it about Coldplay, but that was a fabulous show and turned me into a fan.
And then Ed Sheeran tickets came up again and this time my husband knew he absolutely mustn’t turn them down.
The problem is, he could only get three tickets. And there are five of us.
I tried very hard to get two standing tickets to supplement them – the boys would have been old enough to stand together without an adult – but it didn’t happen.
So who would get the third ticket?
I knew who I thought she get it. One member of our family gets slightly less treats and nice days out than the other two. It’s the quietest, least demanding member of the family. But, despite the quietness, I was aware that this member of the family seemed to know Divide inside out and often listened to it on Spotify. And my husband agreed with me.
My younger son should have the ticket.
It’s been a year now since we booked the tickets and my daughter has periodically expressed her disgust/ disappointment that she didn’t have the ticket.
Ed Sheeran is her favourite singer.
As the year has worn on, she has seemed more interested in Ed Sheeran, while my son has seemed less interested. He will now skip through all of the tracks on Divide apart from his two favourites, Eraser and What Do I Know?. On the other hand, my daughter will happily sit and sing through the whole album, absolutely word perfect.
Had we made a mistake? Was the wrong child going to the concert?
But then a couple of weeks ago, my husband said: ‘I’ve been thinking about the Ed Sheeran ticket… ‘. He’d decided to give my daughter his ticket. He was only really going because I wanted to go and he could see how much my daughter wanted to go.
So it has been decided. My younger son, daughter and I are going to see Ed Sheeran!
June 12, 2018
Aww! How kind of your hubby! I think he made the right choice!
Have a fab time. Everyone I seemed to know in real life went to see him in Newcastle over the weekend. My nephews mother even travelled up from Scunthorpe to see Ed sing. lol I wasn’t interested in him when the tickets went on sale…Now I love him. I really feel like I missed out.
June 12, 2018
Oh no, I’m so sorry you missed out on seeing him! I think my husband did make the right choice, it was so kind of him!
June 12, 2018
How fab and how lovely of your husband! Ed Sheeran is fab live! Enjoy!
Kate xx
June 12, 2018
Thanks very much, we’re really looking forward to it! My husband is so kind. x
June 12, 2018
Ah that’s so lovely of him! We are going on Sunday for our anniversary. I can’t wait! Xx
June 13, 2018
I know, he’s so kind! I can’t wait either. Hope you both have the best time. x
June 13, 2018
Haha I’m glad the story ended with your husband doing something that made up for his error at the start!! Have a brilliant time.
Nat.x
June 13, 2018
Good point! I hadn’t even thought about that! Thanks very much, we’re really excited now!
June 15, 2018
What a good geezer for standing aside. if anyone else in your family drops out though, do let me know. I’d love to see Ed Sheeran live!
June 15, 2018
He’s very good, bless him!
Will do! You’re currently third in the queue behind my husband and my eldest. I’m hoping nobody else drops out because I can’t cope with the stress of trying to reorganise things!