I Think I Love my Wife

Recently released on DVD is the movie, "I Think I Love my Wife," starring Chris Rock. Babe and I sat and watched the movie last night and I didn't get nearly as many laughs from it as he did. Go figure, Chris Rock portrays a husband and father whose life has become boring and sexless. Pretty funny subject-matter right? Maybe if you're a husband and a father who's not getting any, sure!

I think this movie irritated me more than much else, but only because I'm that boring wife who just loves HGTV and all-things BORING. I'm the boring wife who concedes to having date night only consist of dinner and a movie even if I did think it'd be a lot of fun to hit the streets of downtown Denver for good music and good food.

"But downtown is like, half and hour away...then we have to drrive alllllll the way back home, that alone is an hour out of our time together," urges Babe.

Usually worn out from a day of entertaining and referreeing my kids I give in...heck, "Live Free or Die Hard" looks pretty good anyway, I think to myself (and it was, it was excellent). And off we go on a 'date' that looks all-too-similar to the ones we had as teenie-boppers.

"I Think I Love my Wife" probably irritated me too, because I detest a woman who will prey on a man's weakness or longing he'd much rather have strengthened or fulfilled by his wife. The tiniest of clothes, sexy high-heeled shoes, and a perfectly made-up face and coiffed head of hair? Not many men can resist that when it's thrown all up in their face. Especially if his wife wears sweats (or his clothes) around the house and to bed, flip-flops or Nikes, Oil of Olay moisturizer is her makeup and a ponytail becomes her signature hairdo...It would have to be tough not to notice hotsy-totsy who bops along through life without kids or that fabulous tummy that can come along with your adorable little clones. Heck, I'd notice her!

But the movie, in all its irritation, did get Babe laughing...usually at all the wrong parts, so I know I do need to step up my wifey game. All the while I'm working on my mommy game...can a girl get a break? It's just what women do I guess, juggle it all...so juggle I will. It's time I "cater" to Babe more, even if it means I chug, er, sip a caramel frappucino light midday so I can stay awake past 10. He deserves "every" woman: a homemaker, a mother, a sex kitten, a siren. And I can be all those things some of the time, it's the first two that get the most action...but I can do better, and he deserves better.

I'd never want to hear his friends' conversation come to how boring their wives are (yours truly included, no doubt), but when I found out they discussed how infrequently their wives went below the belt (work with me here...) it occurred to me that sometimes, just sometimes, we worn out, overworked, stressed wives have to bite the bullet (no pun intended) and do some (if not all) the things we did early in our relationships with the men we now call our husbands.

Phew, glad that's over. So if you're married and you love your husband and all his electricity wasting-dirty clothes leaving-cell phone overusing-won't clean up his mess ways, Drop down and get yo' eagle on girl. You might need help getting up, but you can rest assured he'll appreciate your effort.