Sue joined me at C2E2 this year (last year he headed up for one day, this time she came up for the entire weekend) and never set foot in the exhibit hall.  She didn’t want a badge (imagine that) and just told me to go have fun.  I was glad that she also had some fun too.

Sue and I tend to get confronted with questions when we are together about the key to being happily married for over 20 years (much to the chagrin of my parents).  To me it is simple- Sue has never really tried to change me, and I have never tried to change her (fine… early on, we both tried, but after a while we both gave up).

I tend to get grilled about how I could be so understanding when Sue is at a yarn shop or needlework store spending money.  More shocking is that I will join her on this little expeditions.  We both have our hobbies and if we were to total things up I’m sure we would come out even, besides (as Sue’s parent’s point out) we ended up growing up together and while we might not completely understand each other’s eccentricities they are what makes us special.

So when Sue talks about buying Mink yarn… I might roll my eyes, but I know she will do the same thing when I “need” the most recent gadget or a classic comic book.