Wedded Wednesday

Dear Monster,

   If you remember only one thing throughout your life, have it be that your mother and father love each other so very very much. You're the physical representation of how much your father and I love each other and you were brought into a happy home. We tried for you for 2 years and the day we found out that you would be here we fell in love with you instantaneously. You are the only thing that we love more than each other. Never forget.
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Happy Hump Day readers! So far you have learned a little about me, a little about Liam, and now I think it's time that you learn a little about the other man in my life. So, welcome to Wedded Wednesday!

Meet Sean:

80's Rock Ballad Style

I met my husband about 8 years ago while I was dating his younger brother (*sigh* No, I will not be beating this dead horse.). Sean was one of two "creepy" brothers that were know as the "basement dwellers". He'd come downstairs after work or school, while we were all hanging out, and pop his head into the room to say "Hey." (think Napolean Dynamite style here). He had super long platinum blond hair, a leather jacket, and High-Top Converse All-Stars. Super nerd. Super awesome. His room was the "Nerd Cave". You, seriously, felt like you were stepping into some kind of awesome 80's movie when you walked into his room.

The first time I kissed my husband was New Years Day 2005. I received a dry, hung over, sleepy kiss around 9am. It was one of the best moments of my entire life. After many weeks of laying around his apartment talking about nothing for hours and hours, watching every nerdy movie in his collection, playing Halo until I was blue in the face, and all around enjoying each others company, Sean "proposed" to me on Valentine's Day 2005 with a tiny ring in an Arby's parking lot (not to worry, he did much much better later). WHOA that was fast...but it never felt like it. From that point forward we were pretty much inseparable. Planning the wedding was not as much fun as everyone makes it out to be but on March 25, 2006 I married my very best friend.

Marriage has not always been fun. In fact, it was shocking to me how difficult it could be and how much of a train wreck it could turn into. Both of us have wronged each other and both of us work everyday to better ourselves and our relationship. If there is one bit of advice I would give to my readers it's that MARRIAGE IS WORK. Every year, every month, every week, every day, every hour, every minute, every second. IT IS WORK. It is not meant to be easy. It is not all sunshine and butterflies and rainbows and if you don't have a PARTNER, a TEAM MEMBER, and a FRIEND as a spouse that will stand by your side and work with you through it all, you should probably just give it up now. That all being said, I adore my husband. I adore my marriage. I wouldn't give it up for the world. Eventually the things that you have to work on in the beginning just become habit, then that habit becomes a sort of fun challenge. You find yourself thinking "What can I do different today to surprise him" or "What's his favorite food again? I bet he'd love that for dinner tonight!" And you find yourself thinking this way and doing these things because of the way he smiles or because of the way it makes him feel loved and cherished. My husband has taught me so very many things about myself, and life in general. He is the most patient, kind, freaking hilarious, and easily lovable men I have ever met and I can't imagine my past, my present, or any of my future moments without him.

I could list positive attributes all day long but lets look at some Sean Facts shall we?

My Husband In 20 Steps or Less

1) He had flat feet as a child and ended up needing reparative surgery at 12 years old. He remembers this as the single most painful time of his entire life.

2) Sean started growing his lovely platinum locks when he was 18 as a defiance...and it just kept happening.

3) His hair has not always been such a shocking shade of blond. He was originally a "Dirty Blond" until antibiotics and Marching Band happened.

4) Sean went to college for 4 years. He went from being on academic suspension to being on the Dean's List but he never graduated because he just kept taking classes that were fun (i.e. he took all English classes for most of his college career). He is one semester away from graduating as an English Major but life just keeps happening instead.

5) If he was given the option of an extravagant and different meal every day or the same sandwich, cottage cheese, Wheat Thins, and yogurt everyday, he would chose the latter.

6) He chose his last name because he wanted to honor both his biological father and his step father. He's quite excited about starting a whole new "Branch of People" on the family tree. 

7) He considers himself a Conservative Democrat. He loves his country, loves his troops, loves his freedoms, supports the death penalty, he believes immigration needs to be hunkered down on (though Arizona went a little far), then on the other side he supports gay rights, thinks marijuana should be legal, and can't help but shake his head at the conservative view of how taxes and the economy need to be regulated.

8) He is an Atheist. He believes that if you are a genuinely good person, you will live a good life and the people around you will be happy. He does not believe you should base who you are on God, Jesus Christ, or any other "Holy Being" because then it is not truly who you are, it is who you are being for someone else. But he would never, EVER judge you for believing differently. He is one of the very few people that I know that say this then actually follows through.

9) Sean has 6 brothers and 2 sisters. 

10) He hates Apple, and would give his life for Android. ;)

11) He will always chose Honda.

12) His favorite colors are red and purple.

13) His favorite movie is Hot Fuzz.

14) His favorite show is Arrested Development. (A moment of silence please)

15) His favorite song is "My Friend of Misery".

16) His favorite band is and always will be Metallica. I'm quite confident he would sell me on the street for a ticket to one of their shows.

17) His favorite superhero is Superman.

18) He is a brother who loves watching his siblings learn and thrive during the giant and scary milestones in their lives. 

 

19) He is a son that learned the hardest but most necessary lessons in life from his fathers.

20) He is a father who simply strives to make his son smile.

20+1) He is a husband who enjoys doing the simple and stupid things with his wife.

So...that is my husband in 20 steps or less! Tell me all about your significant other in 20 steps or less (or more hehehe), post a picture if you'd like, and have a fantastic Hump Day everyone!