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Star Wars and Significant Others: A Thread.
My recent post about my husband’s interest in The Mandalorian got me thinking about this topic, as it has come up a few times on my TL in other instances. Recently there was one making the rounds where a man was seeking advice...
My recent post about my husband’s interest in The Mandalorian got me thinking about this topic, as it has come up a few times on my TL in other instances. Recently there was one making the rounds where a man was seeking advice...
...because his gf, who was a huge SW fan, was bonding with another male SW fan at work and he was feeling left out. The most interesting aspect of that story was that the bf frequently argued with her about SW and he didn’t like the current films.
The bf was bewildered at how his gf could seek out companionship and fellowship with someone else. For the rest of us, this is not a difficult idea to grasp. We want to bond with people who share our love and passion, whatever that may be in life.
I also witnessed another instance on a Vlog I follow that contains a variety of hosts. Two of the hosts are a married couple, one of which hates SW. I mean, really hates SW. Imagine my shock when I saw them at SWCC this year.
They walke by while I was in line and I was like ‘hey, I know them from YouTube. But what are they doing here? _____ HATES Star Wars!’ Well turns out that the other half of that couple doesn’t hate Star Wars. In fact, he likes SW very much.
Later, in another video, the SW hater half said that the only reason he went to Galaxy’s Edge was because his husband loves Star Wars and he wanted him to be happy. His husband follows him around anyplace he wants to go so he wanted to return the favor.
He made it sound like he was going to Galaxy’s Edge with his husband out of love, and yet he proceeded to trash the entire experience, even as his husband sheepishly admitted that he had enjoyed himself and thought it was pretty cool.
Now, I’m not suggesting that everyone needs to love Star Wars. People are entitled to like or not like whatever they want. But in both of those instances I’ve cited, a significant other is aware of how much SW means to their other half, and yet they belittle and mock it.
That ain’t the way to show love, folks. By contrast, my husband is definitely NOT a Star Wars fan. Yes, he saw the original in theaters in 1977 because, well, everyone did. But it wasn’t until he met me that ever set foot in another theater to watch another Star Wars.
And it was The Phantom Menace (we’ve been together a looooong time). He lined up with me, a bit bewildered at the excitement and the hype.. but he did it because he loved me. And yes, he poked fun at me (and still does to this day) because when the rope dropped, I ran.
I actually ran into the theater to grab the best seat. I wasn’t alone. Hey, I got caught up in the madness of it, what can I say? But he never made me feel silly or ashamed for that. It’s just something we laugh about now. He has been at my side for almost every
Star Wars movie since then, if not on opening weekend, the one following. My brother is my Star Wars co-pilot, since we grew up on it together, but my husband is always right there to support me and my interest. He sees how happy it makes me, and seeing me happy makes him happy.
I was planning my trip to Galaxy’s Edge this February with my brother and then realized that my husband was disappointed that I didn’t invite him. I explained that I knew theme parks weren’t his thing, but I should have at least offered. And to my surprise he wanted to go.
So he’s going with us. And he really just wants to see Galaxy’s Edge because, and I’ll quote him here: “I want to see the look on your face when you walk in for the first time.”
That’s love folks.
That’s love folks.
