So my gift...for Father's day. Most of it arrived today. I have two more things coming to finish it off. Here's the dealio...having lost over 50 pounds thus far and gaining a little confidence I wanted to do something totally different for my hubby...something he never would have expected but I know (well hoped he would appreciate). While I was in Alaska I had my sister do a photo shoot for me...yeah one of those photo shoots (the ooo lala la kind). All was tasteful as I wanted to be able to put the photos up in our bedroom later. There are a few that are more risque than the others but those are on a thumb drive and won't be printed...he hasn't seen those yet. I get the few edited I wanted to print and sent them off for printing.
Fast forward to today..I have been anxiously waiting for these photos to arrive and today they did...with the exception of the two largest prints. I texted my man to see if he wanted to have his gift now or wait until he got home from work. He said I could run by the office and he'd meet me outside. I'm a bundle of nerves cause I really want him to just love them! It's totally unlike me to have done this but that's the point! I hand him the pictures and when he looks at them the first thing out of his mouth is...giggles. Giggles! Come on man. My heart took a nose dive. I know deep down he wasn't laughing at me but it hurt all the same. I can take some from the fact that when I told him I wanted to frame them for our bedroom he said no he didn't want people to see them. I know he meant that in a good way...a for his eyes only type of comment. But again they are tasteful...I'm not nude! Ewww even 50+ pounds down I don't want to see that full on frontal of me! It was the giggling that hurt the worst.
I'm trying not to let it get to me but it does. I was so excited and now I feel my bubble has burst. I wanted to show him in a different way that I'm proud of me, thankful for him, and gaining my confidence.
2 comments:
I think it is awesome that you did those photos, and not just for your husband. They made you feel sexy! That is a lot of weight to lose, so you should feel great about that too! Guys are silly, I am sure he was just giggling because it was out of your "norm", ya know?
You go girl!! You are awesome on so many levels - losing such a huge amount of weight, living in a foreign country with your family, having the love of your life away so often and for such long periods of time and all the while having such a great sense of humor and being there 100% for your children.
Men just don't think some times (well most of the time around here!) and they certainly don't "get" women much either. It's a truly beautiful thing you've done and you should be so proud!!
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