I thought I was the only one who had an obsession. I was sooooo wrong. I was five years old when I discovered that if you arranged letters a certain way...it made words. If you arranged words a certain way...it makes whole sentences. When you string a whole bunch of sentences together, you can express yourself and your thoughts. Books became my obsession because they contained all those wonderful words and sentences strung together to create whole worlds I could lose myself in for hours and days on end. Until I finished the book. This is my obsession. My parents accepted it. People I've loved have either accepted it...or hated it. Bachelor #1 never quite understood because reading was a struggle for him. Bachelor #2 was jealous of anytime spent reading. If I was in another world, obviously I was paying not enough attention to him.
When you can find someone who accepts you for your obsession...its an amazing, wonderful thing. Seems like you can search your whole life for that and never find it.Several of my friends have found that person who knows them and their obsessions..and accepts them. Paul and Julie have that. Heck they even share an obsession for vintage decorations which they change for every season. Halloween and Christmas are AWESOME, but all the other holidays and seasons are equally represented. Of course, Paul does have one other obsession...bicycles. It took over their garage to the point that it has become a side business. Julie has a fixation of her own too, wine and shoes.
Darrell collects old coins...and when I say old, what I really mean is ANCIENT. I went to he and his wife, Carrie's house once and made the mistake of asking about a recent coin show. I ended up with a total history of a coin that was probably minted when Ceaser walked the earth and I even got to hold it. I haven't discerned yet what Carrie's fixation is, but I think it might be organizing football team schedules. NO, I think that's just a necessity in dealing with her husband and son's sports.
Lance is a totally different kettle of fish. His fixations range from rabid political debate to sports, baseball particularly. But....He does have a bike collection. Only Schwinn's for some strange reason. hmmm, go figure. I haven't heard about any new acquisitions lately, I think because his wife, Michelle, threatened bodily harm.
Now, the BF is a unique case. He's not fascinated by anything small like coins.. He loves arcade games and pinball games. He collects them. When I first saw his living room...I must admit it threw me for a loop. Not a lot of people have pinball games and arcade games in their living room. Then, I had to put things in perspective..he's single, it's his house, he's a guy. Why not? I faced my own obsession and realized that if MY fixation was out in the open, it just wouldn't be pretty. The only reason no one knows is because all my books are in a HUGE plastic storage container in my basement, and in my leather storage trunk in my living room, and in the wicker storage trunk I use as a side table and on my bookshelves.
We also share an obsession or two. We have a love of going out on adventures, mostly on two wheels. Wind in our hair, music cranking loudly.
But here's the thing...not only does he accept my "book problem" he texted me today that he had found something really special for me. For most women, you would buy flowers or candy, right? Nope..not for me. My guy got me: a Libre E-reader. It's pre-loaded with 100 books!! Classics that I haven't read but have been meaning to all my life. I nearly wept. That's never happened to me before. Someone got me something that I never even knew I always wanted. How cool is that when someone 'gets' you? Pretty freakin awesome is what it is.
