I'm a Suburban SAHW Groupie

DH is only in his late twenties and he seems to be experiencing something of a mid-life crisis. He is trying to capture some of his youth before it slips away. Some could argue that it is mid-life for him because it seems as though he was born 30 years old.

You know how it is: boys and their toys. First it was the huge flat screen television; the masterpiece of art hanging above the mantel. Then it was the need to feel cool while walking into work wearing his tailored suits, French-cuff shirts and an I-pod. Last week DH walks into the house grinning from ear-to-ear and carrying a guitar.

He has been diligently practicing and has determined that he will be a “rocker” one way or another. Saturday night we went to a jazz club and his mouth was on the floor as he was watching the guitarist’s fingers pluck note-to-note creating fantastic sounds and emoting feelings of euphoria.

Yesterday, we were out and about doing the weekend chore circuit. DH receives an annoying work related call which lasted about an hour (I just love when this happens and I get to sit in the car staring off into parking lots of the suburban shopping frenzy). After the call, DH starts the car and angrily speeds off. We arrive at the undisclosed destination: the Guitar Center store.

Inside, it feels like an amusement park. Guitars of all shapes and colors line the walls with their dangling wires swinging like vines. Stacks upon stacks of amps piled in a haphazard fashion, serve as aisles. One was thrust in the middle of an oasis of freedom and creativity. Boys and men were sprawled all throughout the stacks, cradling one of the beloved guitars, trying their hand at rock-stardom.

The deep-throated bass sounds, coupled with the finger nail on black-board-like screeches, and various attempts, good and bad, of replicating masters such as Stairway to Heaven and Foxy Lady, swirled round and round as a carousel of fun.

I suppose I should be annoyed by these boyish antics, but honestly, I find my rock-star to be quite sexy!