A Valentine

This blog is like an eye exam. I come here about once a year to discuss the way I see things. I really should visit more frequently. My blog, I mean. Well, I wouldn't mind visiting my eye doctor more often. He's kinda cute. 

Anyway, please enjoy this public reminder to my husband that I'm wicked funny and that I love him immensely (even though I'm crushing on my eye doctor). 

Happy Valentine’s Day to my guy. My dude. 

My Ross. 

Remember how Phoebe said Ross was Rachel's lobster because lobsters mate for life?

That's so us. 

You know ... now that I really think about it, Ross and Rachel had a pretty dysfunctional relationship: jealousy, crappy communication, cheating; and they basically fought for ten years before they finally got their shit together. (I mean, that's assuming they lived happily ever after once Rachel gave up a dream job in Paris for Ross. Yeah, I'm sure there wasn't any lingering resentment over that.)

"We were on a break. And, besides, I was drunk and horny."

Right. So, that's not quite us.

Oh, I know. Let me speak to your inner nerd. (Actually, your outer is pretty nerdy too. Yeah, you’re a nerd. It’s ok. Nerds are sexy.) You’re the Anakin to my Padme, you know, before he force chokes her into unconciousness. 

“Ok! You got me. I ate the Thin Mints!” 

Scratch that. 

Jack and Rose. Oh, that's a good one! They met and fell in love super fast, just like us. Sometimes you just know, right? Of course Jack ends up freezing to death because Rose bogarts the whole door. 

“So I said, ‘Mom, why don’t you marry his toupee-wearing ass?’
And she was like ... Jack? Jack? Are you even listening to me?”

Well, hell.

Is there no pop culture example that matches our level of commitment? No two iconic characters who have withstood the test of time to emerge as the very model of true love and devotion?   

I got it!

You’re the Bert to my Ernie. Those two have been together for, like, half a century and they’re still going strong. Sure they have their struggles and don’t always see eye to eye. But they obviously adore each other. Yeah, they're in it for the long haul. 

Like us. 

Have Bert and Ernie always been this hot?
Seriously. I don’t recall them being so gorgeous. Dayum.