30 Days of Blogging - Day 7

I thought that this "30 Days of Blogging" thing would help me be better at blogging. Nope.

Day 7 - A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you.

Do you ever look back and think "What would my life be like if I had/hadn't decided to [insert decision here]?" Sometimes Rick and I talk about what if he was never laid off from the railroad and didn't come back to Utah? What if I had married my ex? What if he had married his ex? What would our lives be like if we weren't married? No one knows for sure what their lives would be like but I'm pretty sure if I wasn't married to Rick my life would suck and be boring.

I love Rick. He's the coolest. I never in a million years thought I would end up with him and honestly when it comes to choice in movies, music, hobbies, and interests we have absolutely nothing in common, yet somehow we are so perfect for each other. I am always learning something for him and he always surprises me with his insightful comments and ideas.

The other night I told Rick that I didn't want to watch any more R rated movies. And that when we had kids I wanted us to either put them out of their reach and sight or to just get rid of them period. He said he would be back in a few minutes. When he came back into the bedroom he brought with him a garbage can, and 2 garbages bags full of all of our R rated movies. He took them out 1 by 1 and cut them in half with wire cutters then threw the broken discs into the garbage can. He even did this with some movies we had that were brand new and still in the package. As he was doing this I said "You know if we sold those for like $5 each we could make like $200" and he said "No sense in passing on the poison to someone else."

If you've never watched an R rated movie then this might seem like it's not a big deal. If you've been watching them for 10 years than it is a big deal. If you're an artsy person who's passion is film and making movies (not R rated ones) then it is a big deal, and it is a very hard habit to break. But just like that he did it. I asked him why he was destroying all of them instead of just throwing them away, and why was he doing this? "I feel fine with my life if I watch an R rated movie, but if my wife is not okay with it then it is not okay, if my wife is not happy then I do not have a happy home. That is not okay. And if I just throw them away then it's not real enough. The only way I will stick with this is if I cut up each and every DVD."

Now THAT is a man who loves his wife.