Harry Potter Premier

Anthony and I had no intentions of fighting crowds and wasting money on movie tickets in order to see the final Harry Potter movie. However, the Sunday before the movie was released I just happened to read an article in the Standard Examiner offering tickets to 47 winners if they wrote a short essay on why they deserved them. The tickets were for a brand new theater in Farmington and included all the free drinks and popcorn you could eat. I decided that we needed to enter. Anthony sent in his essay using the approach of needing a night out before our sixth child arrived. My approach was a little different, and I won!!!! Everyone has been asking to read my essay so I will just post it here. Enjoy!

Dear Mark,I was not always a big fan of Harry Potter. I prefer
non-fiction over science fiction any day. Then, I married my husband
and everything changed. We had that conversation that all new couples
have about likes and dislikes. When the subject of movies came up, we
were not on the same page at all. I had never seen any of the films
that he had considered to be classics. I had not seen Lord of the
Rings, Star Wars, or Star Trek. I was fairly confident however that I
had seen all of the Harry Potter movies. I was given a full quiz on
each film, I believe that three had been released at that time. He was
saying, "Have you seen the one where......?" He asked about the basic
plot ideas like "the first one where the troll gets in the school?"
and "the one where there is a huge snake in the Chamber of Secrets?" I
smiled confidently and reassured him that I was current on the Potter
craze. Then he asked me, "Have you seen the one where Hermoine can go
back in time with her spinning necklace?" I laughed and said, "Now you
are just making things up to try to catch me in a lie." Unfortunately,
that was not the case. There really is one like that and I had not
seen it. We have spent the last four years of our relationship
catching me up on science fiction and Harry Potter. I have actually
come to the point where I like the movies. We own all of the
previously released blu-rays now. We have been watching them for the
last few days so that we can be current and informed on everything so
that we can be knowledgeable for the newest release. He has been
mentioning ticket sales and things about his friends or family members
that plan to attend the midnight viewing, but I typically ignore any
hints that he may be sending. There is no way that I am going to go
fight a crowd of Harry Potter crazies in order to watch a movie that
is playing while I am supposed to be sleeping anyway. My husband is
just the kind of nerd that would though. So when I read your article
this morning and realized that I may be able to make one of his dreams
come true without a lot of effort, I was more than excited. I am not
going to pretend like I would do anything for him. I honestly feel
that I do more than enough for him in regards to how a wife needs to
treat her husband. I mean, seriously! I watched all of those other
movies for him. I should not have to wait in a line of people all day
long just to allow him the opportunity to watch a movie that will have
shorter lines in a week or two anyway. I will admit at least that I do
enjoy the movies. You would not be wasting a ticket on me. I typically
know the made-up names of Potter things before he can even think of
them. Please help me do one more thing for my nerd of a husband to
make his life more exciting. I will be able to use this against him
for at least six months and get him to do things in return for me. Who
doesn't deserve that kind of leverage on their spouse? Thank you for
considering me and for not requiring me to catch a live turkey from
the air.