Many years ago I told my then new husband about how I found Patrick Stewart attractive. Well, this was before I realized that what I had mistaken for attention and love, was control, obsession, and - dare I say - psychopathy. From that moment on, any time anything having to do with the lovely Mr. Stewart was on tv there was anger, rage, and suspicion. Do you know how many voice overs Patrick Stewart does! Hearing a car ad from the bedroom where my then husband was doing who knows what, he would bolt into the living room and make his presence and displeasure known. I need an outlet to tell my "crazy ex spouse stories," with the goal of staying positive and seeing the humor in things. How can you not see humor in the love of Patrick Stewart becoming a problem? If you have a funny or interesting ex-spouse or ex-partner story, please share.
In upcoming posts I will tell you more about how I came to be a Star Trek loving grad students, met what I thought was the man of my dreams, and how that led to the Patrick Stewart "issues." My family has come to know and love this story because it is so symbolic of so many more stories and things that happened to me. Loving Patrick Stewart (not literally...but you know what I mean) is shorthand in our family for so much more. So if you have stories about this sort of unspoken language, or shorthand of family and friends, please also share.
