Thanks, doods.
Fred, I get a kick out of imagining a fish-out-of-water American fumbling their way through the nuances of Argentinian culture and finding an ally with a French guy. No French people involved for me, but it reminds me of when I first moved to Austin and found myself on a variety of adventures with the Brazilian population, during which I found my two years of high school Spanish wholly inadequate.
Anyway, we married in a quiet ceremony with just her pastor and our immediate family the Friday before Labor Day, so we're back from the honeymoon already. She had her big blowout wedding when she was younger and wasn't interested in anything like that again. And me, well....I could care less and was happy for a low-hassle affair.
Since we're in the "Know What I Hate?" thread, it made me think about and reconsider something. CharleyHorse is right, I do consider my new bride a pretty lady. He's also right about all the other great qualities she possesses. And as I mentioned here once before, causing BC to tell me to "wife the broad," she's super low maintenance, loves to watch sports and loves to cook. Now that may not be everybody's cup of tea, but you could hardly invent a better woman to catch my eye. So you might wonder, how in the world did I land such a girl?
The answer, I think, lies in perhaps what is a silver lining to one of the things I've always hated. I'm referring to assholes. The people, not the biological organ. The world has always had them, and when the Internet came along I think we learned there were a lot more assholes lurking in the general population than we ever assumed. They can ruin your day by being unpleasant. They can make things difficult at work. They might try to rain on your parade when things are going well for you. Cranky, cantankerous, petulant dicks. How often have we wished the world were devoid of assholes? I mean, what good are they anyway?
Well as it turns out, I think there's at least one purpose they can serve. See, my wife's ex-husband was a complete asshole. I'm convinced that because of him she sees me a lot like how I see her. I'm kinda Joe Average in most regards, but because her reference point is years of marriage to an asshole, to her I seem like friggin' Prince Charming. Then it dawned on me....come to think of it, I've known quite a few women who wouldn't give good, average joes the time of day, until AFTER they had been dumped on by an asshole or two and figured out what was important in life. Then her and average joe would connect and those couples are happily married to this day.
So while I still kinda hate them, I think the Good Lord knew what he was doing after all. Assholes give regular guys such as myself the chance to snag awesome women. Without assholes, maybe I and many others would be sitting around still single.