Tolkien Nerds are a different bred from Lord of the Rings Fans.
LoTR Fans are typically 14-year-old boys with acne who have the hots for Arwen. They'll grow out of their obsession as soon as their acne clears up.
The group I refer to is not swayed by Hollywood's semi-recent Tolkien interest. This gang consists of intellectual, 20 to 30 somethings who have taken on an academic study of their demigod, J.R.R. Tolkien. They were baptized into the Church of Tolkien long before Peter Jackson and they'll remain faithful members long after December 14th.
My husband is one of these nerds. Not that it matters, but I didn't know the extent of his...obsession (?) until after we got married. That's the hook for my hobby piece, which I'm calling, "So, I Married a Nerd."
Though I don't know anyone else in a relationship with a Tolkien Nerd, I knew there had to be folks in similar situations. So, I put out a call to my friends and the response was overwhelming. I never knew there were so many "nerdy" hobbies.
One friend's spouse is addicted to Japanese anime.
Another friend found out that her husband loves Marvel comics after they had been together for many years. He had even been hiding stacks and stacks of vintage comic books.
And of course, several of my friends had experience with Trekkies. One girlfriend was actually the closet Trekkie herself and had to come clean after her boyfriend found her researching the Star Trek Convention.
I think my focus is going to be nerds, their hobbies, and the significant others who live with them. We'll see how this goes.
Who knew their were so many freaks, I mean nerds, out there? ;) I love your title/hook! It reminds me of the movie "So I Married an Axe Murderer"--intentional allusion or coincidence?
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