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Signing Up for RailsCamp!

July 27th, 2010

Now that I’m a mom of a one and two year old, I only watch movies in installments.  Yesterday, I snuck in 45 minutes to watch the first half of “Julie & Julia”, the Meryl Streep movie about Julia Childs and the blogger who cooked her way through Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

I don’t normally blog about movie reviews, especially movies that have no geek factor whatsoever… But I noticed something subtly intriguing about this movie.  The husbands.

Roger Ebert had this to say:

“Julie & Julia” is not lacking in entertainment value, especially with the Streep performance. But if the men had been portrayed as more high-spirited, it might have taken on intriguing dimensions. Both husbands are, frankly, a little boring: They’ve been assigned their supporting roles in their marriages and are reluctant to question the singlemindedness of their wives.

Boring.  Hm.  Yeah, in most movies husbands of smart, vibrant women are usually portrayed as ignorant, controlling and/or abusive.  It’s not drama if the marriage isn’t in a shambles.

Granted I’ve only seen the first half but what a refreshing sight to see two intelligent, educated and successful men who are supportive of their wives seemingly crazy endeavors.  Both husbands are more interested in the happiness of their spouses and seem genuinely thrilled with their success.

They say that “behind every great man is a woman”… well, I’m not ashamed to say that behind this woman is a great man.  When I told my husband that I would likely be missing the NE RailsCamp this September he was shocked (and quite annoyed) that I would consider missing it simply because I was worried about leaving him alone with the kids for the weekend.

With the support of my husband, everyone who posted comments with encouragement and some creative scheduling, I’m signing up for RailsCamp.

And by the way, if you know my husband at all…. the last thing you would ever call him is boring.

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