Venting...and a Question!

[MsTattersall]

My DH was completely uninterested at first, but now he has so eagerly 
embraced HP that all this almost-60-year-old kid wanted for Christmas 
this year was a wand. How did it happen?

I'd read all the books and dragged him to the first two movies, which 
he attended politely and even asked questions, but it was clear that 
he "just wasn't that into it." But early last summer I had some 
extensive dental work done, and the dentist recommended that I bring 
an audio book to help pass the time and distract me while the work 
was being done. I went to the library and checked out POA on tape 
(this was just before the movie came out). I'd only listened to one 
of the seven cassettes by the time the dentist finished.

The following weekend, we had an eight-hour road trip to make and I 
took the tapes in the car with me. I asked him if he would mind if I 
listened to just a little bit more of the story, and he moaned a 
little, saying that he'd listen for one hour, and then he wanted the 
music back on. I popped in the tape, giving him a quick summary of 
what had happed in the first few chapters, and we listened to Jim 
Dale for the next hour or so. I took it out when it finished and put 
the tapes away, and he said, "Well, what happens next? Put in the 
next one!" So we heard the entire story on that trip, and GOF on the 
next one, and eventually we have heard all five audio books and re-
viewed all the movies. He was so hip by the time POA-movie came out 
that he was able to nitpick as well as I!

I think it is because he is dyslexic and does not enjoy recreational 
reading that he never got into it; but hearing the stories read to 
him in such a skillful way really got him excited about it. (What he 
doesn't know is he's getting a late Christmas gift--just wait till 
our copy of Stephen Fry reading PS arrives from amazon.co.uk!)

I've pre-ordered HBP-print; I wonder if he can stand to wait for the 
audio or if he'll actually tackle the book? Stay tuned...
MsTattersall

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "grindieloe" <andie1 at e...> 
wrote:
> 
> Here I am, 29 years old, and dealing with another break-up with 
> someone who seemed so right and yet turned out so wrong.  
> 
> I should have known it wouldn't work when I found out he had never 
> read a Harry Potter book.  (I did eventually get him to read the 
> first three, but he wouldn't discuss.) At least I have the upcoming 
> Half-Blood Prince to look forward to!  
> 
> Anyway... this brings up a good question... How do your 
> boyfriends/girlfriends/husbands/wives feel about your Harry Potter 
> fascination (or obsession)? Do they get into it too?
> 
> grindie