Inside the Wendy House: My Horror Marriage!

Monday, 18 October 2010

My Horror Marriage!

My husband is just one of the most wonderful men you could meet. He is so family-centred, adores his kids and our homelife. He cooks, cleans, washes up and always puts down the toliet seat! He never hogs the remote control. He works hard to enable me to be a stay at home mum. He phones me at least twice a day and constantly declares his love for me. The man is fab!

So when he just rang me to tell me he had me a present, I knew it'd be something perfect! I was not disappointed. Jewellery does not excite me...I have metal allergies. Chocolate's no good because I'm on a diet. I'm not very material at all...I hardly wear make-up and never covet the latest fashions or shoes. But his gift is totally brilliant!

He has got me THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE ON BLU-RAY!!

Some might scoff at this choice of gift, but you do not know me like my husband does! We love all things horror! When we first met in the 80's it was the era of Halloween films, Friday the 13th's, Poltergeist and my personal favourite the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. We shared an enjoyment of being scared witless by the latest masked, marauding, murdering character or evil spirit! This love has evolved with us. We have a sizeable library of DVD's and Blu-Rays, many of which fit this favoured genre. From the 1932 classic Todd Browning's Freaks to the high tech gore of Saw Franchise...we love them all.

Our love of horror lead us to name our latest born baby Freddy after my horror icon hero Freddy Krueger. I even got doting Knitting Nana to make him a little dark green and red striped jumper to match his namesake's outfit of choice!

This year was our 13th wedding anniversary. We celebrated in a style true to ourselves and held a horror film themed fancy dress party. I was dressed as a blood spattered prom queen and my husband was Dorian Gray. All our guests entered into the spirit and our house looked like an overspill from a casting of a film paying homage to the scary side of celluloid. Our food was all themed and we spent many an hour giggling when we devised puns to represent buffet items. "Dawn of the SPREAD" , "The Evil BREAD", "Jason Vor-CHEESE", "Nightmare on Elm SWEETS", "SHROOMS" (for our delicious veggie mushroom pate) and "The Hills have PIES" are some examples! I made a graveyard cake and a chocolate fudge bat cake. My sister brought Mummy Muffins. We festooned the house with cobwebs, wall decorations and black balloons. It was perfect for us!