Jeopardy, yes please!

I love facts. Useful knowledge, useless knowledge, makes no difference to me. I love to pack information into my brain. If someone says the word trivia or quiz i actually get excited. I have major areas of interest but i will listen to or learn just about anything. You would think a love of learning would be a good thing right? Nope, not always. It was not until i met and married my beloved husband that i woke from my life long delusion that all people like fun facts and useless trivia information. My husband Ben could care less about most topics. He will be the first to tell you that. He has about two major areas of learning interest and outside of that his mind just shuts down. One day i was jabbering on about my desire to do better on the violin and he said, "i don't get why people want to play a musical instrument. you seem so frustrated by your progress. that does not sound like fun to me." I thought about what he said. Why is it fun for me to try so hard at something and still be so bad? I don't know, it just is. I don't understand why he leaves the room when a show comes on the history channel about the bubonic plague. that's like T.V. gold to me. I don't believe that retaining facts is a sign on intelligence. Ben is incredibly smart. He is working through his masters in divinity, a task that would probably make my head explode.  We are just different, as all people are. He knows that i can talk theology for about a two hour car ride and then I'm done, just like i know that when he gets that glassy eyed glaze over his face that its about time i stop telling him about how the fall of Rome occurred and how it still affects us today. I think its funny that i am even interested in why we all like different things. Likes and dislikes are such an odd thing. I can not tell you why i have the sudden urge to read about how bleach works or where whale sharks live.Its just how my brain works. I love variety. It truly is the spice of life so I'm thankful that Ben and i are different. We learn from each other, even when we don't want too.