Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
5:10 pm
i stare at him from across the gym, from my swishy girly barely-breaking-a-sweat low-impact machine. i watch as he lifts and flexes and curls.
he’s so handsome. chiseled. tan. i can’t help but stare.
and i don’t care.
i stare as he walks between sets. i don’t care that he notices i’m staring.
i stare as he pulls his white earphones out again and again to respond politely to her, then quickly returns his attention to his music.
and i don’t care.
i don’t care that she speaks to him.
i don’t care, because what she doesn’t know is that i will be the one that stares into his baby blue eyes before falling asleep tonight.
WE ALL CARE….
But we have the idea of
“Hey Girl you can look at the menu all day long, BUT I get to eat off the buffet of him all night long” as we flip our hair, and chuckle and grin.
whoa…!
See what I’m sayin’ about the estrogen thing…
When’s football season start…?
i love the way you wrote this. i love THAT you wrote this.
i say you have your hubby write his version of this story if the roles were reversed…BuddyO would like that i’m sure…
fellas. y’all are CRAZY! LOL!!!!!
Alece: i love YOU!
Heidi: you nearly made me choke with that “eat off the buffet of him all night long”
Yeah – what Alece said.
You are too awesome!
It wasn’t profane dear..
@ng: can i be honest and say that i SERIOUSLY hesitated to post this. and had to delete a few lines.
Heidi: i. um. well. yes ma’am – if you say so.
you can read into if you want too, but what I am sayin is, Drew’s your man, Paul is my man. They are our buffets, smorgasbords, and filet mignon. But to anyone else.. hmmm maybe puppy chow and my right hand of knuckles.
I am playin a bit. I really don’t care if people look at Paul, but I desire the most that my husband flaunts me as his girl.. that too me is important. Just I would do in return. That makes a marriage spicy. you know what I mean?
Oh yea Alece is right, it’s good that you posted this.
“spicy” i like that!!!
puppy chow!!! HAHA!!!
i know you’re playin. and i’ve thoroughly enjoyed it! there’s nothing more fun than being “shown off” by our men.
wow. and wow. congrats on having a hot workout buddy! haha, that sounded much more um, ya know, than I meant it. Sounds like you 2 are totally in love. love seeing that in other people’s marriages. it’s encouraging in a world of “marriage sucks” messages being thrown at singles. thanks for being real.
Paloma: the whole “marriage sucks” mentality is one of the main reasons why i try to write about my marriage. seriously. i love my husband so much. and i mean so much. i can’t imagine life without him. of course we have our rocky moments. our occasional disagreements, quarrels, hurt feelings, etc… but the good FAR outweighs the bad. FAR outweighs it.
*fanning herself*
It’s gettin’ HOTT in here!!
hehehe!!! there’s nothing wrong with a little flirtin’ in the blogworld. you KNOW my husband read this post! *wink wink*
I do love this post. It is like a big fat NE NER NE NER NER and then a raspberry to the girl. Yeah an almost 40 year old just typed that. LOL
I married my husband 17 years ago today. I don’t really have much more to say than that. It kind of says alot in this day and age.
I stare and I don’t care! YES!!!! hahahaha totally love the attitude I am hearing in this!! just wanted to stop and check in… and this made me laugh out loud!! been here and done this…mine..mine..mine..
@ T girl – Theresa Happy anniversary….
Theresa: YAY!!!! happy anniversary. wow.
Darla: anything to make you smile!
Hi Heidi
Wow, I thought I had clicked on a hot romance novel!!! Ooochie mama..
Ya know, there was a gal who was overly friendly should we say with my hubby, and he is like your hubby, very polite. Well, I had an off day, lets say, one time when she was being her friendly self, so I walked up behind her and told her we were a package deal…
We laughed, but she respected the bounderies after that…
Loved this!!!
Does Drew know you talk about me this way…
I’m with Deb. Romance novel personified in this joint. That is so sweet and romantic though. It blessed my heart to see how much you love and adore your man.
And B, behave! LOL You have me rollin here
Ahem, Tam, handle yo man!!
I am way too much an too handle…
But tam has me wrapped around her finger
an should be man…
I’m blushing….fanning myself. I’m glad you stopped at…” i will be the one that stares into his baby blue eyes before falling asleep tonight.” I felt like I was reading a Karen Kingsbury novel….she always stops at the right spot as well!
It’s nice to know you love your guy. I’m sure he’s flattered and will let you know how much he appreciates your extra flattering words!
GodsGal & Gchyayle,:
i’ve never actually read a romance novel. so. well, i don’t know if that’s a compliment or insult!!! but thank you. i think…
Brent: shut it!!!
Jen Griffin: i’ve never read any karen kingsbury either… but i OH SO love him!!!
Compliment fuh sure!!!!!
Well for me it was…now Debs…iono about her…she’s a tough one…SYKE, just playin Debs, love you!!! Like the new header
Love you Mandy!
i LOVED this.
You are a writer like my own heart my girl, I bet it could be scary sitting down for coffee with us in a brainstorm!
LOL…that was a compliment !!!! Really!
um. brent doesnt have baby blue eyes.
gchy & debs: whew ok good!!!
crystal: HELLO PINK HAIR!!!!
Tammy Jo: i know. but he thinks everything is about him. i think i’ll dedicate the song “you’re so vain” to him. maybe you and i could do a duet for that!?
I see a potential MTTV on the horizon, no worries I still remain patient.
Tam, if you close your eyes, I can have blue eyes
Mandy, you and tam are welcome to sing for me
traciejane: don’t give up hope!!! there are a few in the works. and, by “in the works” i mean we’d have something planned if i could just get Tam on the phone for 30 minutes!!!
B: unbelievable!!!
Think I’m going to stay “in the dark.”
hmmmm…well. B really has brown eyes. but he seems to think they are blue. so…you and i could sing crystal gails ‘dont it make my brown eyes blue’
love it, mandy. u totally got me. i was thinkin’ you were staring at some hot guy u didn’t know. i hear ya too ~ my man just got bluntly hit on last week by a washington mutual teller. he’s getting better all the time at balancing “telling it like it is” & being polite to these kinda women. he used to go to bars sometimes & it was like his (tattoo’d) wedding ring was a chick-magnet. i just wanna say (& i’ve been known to – believe me), “mitts off, ladies!! this one’s mine!”
sheesh!
You know…I just have to throw this in here…Because it’s really strange seeing the title “I Stare & I Don’t Care” next to the header “By the grace of God, I am what I am.”
Sounds like a contradiction, doesn’t it? Maybe even, to the untrained eye, HYPOCRITICAL…?!?!?!
But it’s not, is it? Not really.
And THAT is Grace!
TheNor: LOL! contradiction? the two are speaking of TOTALLY different scenarios. the staring and not caring is one of the most glorious pictures of redemption in my life!!
Tam: i ENVIED crystal gail growing up. oh my holy cow. and she’s country, you know!?
Chelan: haha! and he has a tattooed wedding band!? that is HOTT!!!
I loved this post… and I love the new colors!!!
THANKS AMY!!!
just found your site. I sooo love the observation. I am learning to be more like that. Currently my insecurities would have tackled her to the floor.
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