I always get asked about what I think about Brittany and what she does on the internet. She has written about her childhood, my vasectomy, her genitals, our kids, our sex life, and her body.
I am being honest when I say, at first I didn’t read any of it. It felt weird, and I get enough of her wit and insanity at home. Yes, she is exactly like this is in real life.
But, when she started taking on the whole body shape and weight thing, she sat me down to talk. She asked me if it was ok that she took this issue on, and explained what it meant to her, and for Gigi. I told her, of course, to do what she felt she had to do, and then she stopped me and said that if she was going to do it, she had to be honest with me first. She told me her pants size, her shirt size, and even let me watch as she stepped on the bathroom scale.
I could not understand why any of those numbers mattered to women because they meant nothing to me, in fact, I can’t recall a single one of them.
She wrote all these posts about how horrible people were to her about her weight, and some of the comments she got were terrible. I asked her why she kept doing this to herself, and she told be she had to take the bullet for all the other women.
Last September, I got to sit in the audience and watch Brittany give her TED talk. It was the first time I had ever had the chance to see her speak in public, and it was unreal. She wasn’t my wife on that stage, that for years would break down and cry looking in the mirror, refusing to get dressed in front of me. She was this gorgeous strong woman speaking to a packed house about her life and without even pausing, took her clothes off in front of 700 people like it was nothing.
Every woman in that theater wanted to be her that day, and when she walked into the audience after the break, people stood in line crying, waiting to thank her. She spoke to every single one of them, she listened to their stories and hugged them when they cried and everything I thought I knew about Brittany changed that day.
She still thinks she a lot funnier than she really is, and she is unstable, but she’s become an amazing advocate that is literally changing the world, and I get to be married to her for as long as she lets me.
You are both awesome.
Wow!
Andy, you rock! I wasn’t surprised to hear you couldn’t remember Brittany’s ‘stats’, they don’t really matter anyways.
I once dated a guy who asked me if I was going to lose a few pounds . . . I am 5’5″ and at that time I weight 123 pounds. What an ass he was, yep, I dumped him.
Glad to know there is such a great guy out there. Gives us all some hope.
Just beautiful. You guys are awesome.
This is the single most romantic, beautiful thing I have ever read.
le sigh
Crying. Right. Now.
After reading this, I am changing my stance on cloning!
Wow! Way to say what you think, Andy!
I am just reading this. I am in tears. She’s a ROCKSTAR and you are PERFECT together. Your last line just killed me.
Andy + Brittany 4EVER!!
Seriously, I made my significant other read this, as he has said some of the same things to me that you stated here. You are giants among men….and your women rock — HARD!
Ok…lack of caffeine messes with me: First line should be : “I am just RE-READING this…”
I specifically came here so my SO could read this as we were having a similar discussion for the 84,000th time (and once again, his remarks to all my weight woes were just like this). I’ve often shared Brittany thoughts with him but I wanted to share this bit of Andy’s perspective with him.
Thank you from both of us.
Gave me chills and I’m crying.
wow!!! Andy is a total keeper!!!
Omg, I am so jealous of you rite now Brittany, tnis is the nicest, most romantic, heartfelt words have EVER read ( including fiction) . I sound like a completely corny but it was beautiful.
Ok now I need to know if Brittany will rent Andy out or at least have him available for tutoring, if so let me know what is hourly rate is I will gladly pay it and check my husband schedule…. hehe
Sometimes I come back to this post to remind me that its worth it not to settle. Your relationship is an inspiration. Your wife is an inspiration. Thank you.