I can't believe he is following me!
Hi Friends! Welcome to Notes on Love and Laundry.
Today I'm happy to inform you all that my dreams have finally come true, and Brad Pitt is now following me on Instagram!
I know. It does seem a little odd that I am one of only 293 people Brad Pitt has chosen to follow. But this reinforces the feeling I've had since approximately 1991, when I first saw him in Thelma and Loise. The feeling that Brad and I have a special connection, a bond that transcends time, space, and his relationships with Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie.
Perhaps he's tired of young supermodels with lustrous hair. Maybe he prefers women who wear reading glasses and no longer feel 100 percent comfortable driving at night. Maybe he wants someone with an un-botoxed brow and laugh lines, just for a change of pace.
I possess all these qualities, in spades, and somehow, Brad knows this. Maybe it's my repeated references to 1988, Def Leppard, and big hair. Brad senses that I'm a mature woman of substance, of woman of his vintage, as it were, and he wants to know me better.
How does my husband feel about this? He's surprisingly tolerant of my karmic connection to Brad and does not appear threatened, or even bothered that Brad has finally reached out to me on Instagram. When I told him, he simply continued pulling trash cans to the curb and called out, "That's great honey. Tell him I say hello."
Of course, after 19 years of happy marriage, I have no intention of leaving my husband for Brad Pitt, but still...one can't help but wonder why Brad is reaching out to me now. Is he lonely? Does he need a sympathetic friend to help him sort through relationship issues? Does he want to meet for coffee so he can ask me questions about the women he's dating? Questions like, "Do you think she really likes me, or is she only interested in my fame, money and even-after-all-these- years-still-incredibly-handsome-face?"
I don't know the answer. Maybe it will always be a secret :-)
Much love,
Christine