Ep. 11: Don’t blink!

This is 40 is a hilarious look at what it means to be married 

with kids when you are about to turn 40.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

After two very full weeks and three weekends of moving into our new home, for the very first time in 14 days Chelsea and I got an hour of rest and relaxation, while digging into Dominic’s dream dessert—a Cocoa cake he made from scratch, covered with fresh cut strawberries and whipped cream.

As we stuffed ourselves while sitting on our new love seat with fluffy overstuffed cushions, which we stuffed ourselves, we watched This is 40.  

It is a hilarious look at what it means to be married with kids when you are about to turn 40. If you can identify with that profile, I can guarantee that you’ll laugh at many of the reflections of your life lampooned in the movie.

My favorite line from the film was from “Grandma Molly,” who advises:

GRANDMA MOLLY*

I remember when I was forty, and

then I blinked and there I was,

going to be ninety. My god, where

did it go? One day you’re going to

blink, and you’re going to be

ninety, and I won’t be around to

see it. And that makes me very sad.

I’m telling you, I’m warning you.

Don’t blink. Don’t blink.

It is such a cliché, but it seriously feels like just yesterday that Milo was born. He just turned one a little over two weeks ago, and those twelve months all passed in a flash.

The same goes for my memories of the oldest, who will be 14 in nine days from now.

Likewise, I might glean the same about of my own 45 years.

Where did it all go?

So, be forewarned, be reminded, don’t say you were never told—don’t blink.

And eat all the chocolate cake you can before you turn 40 too, because shortly thereafter you won’t have the time to work out and work it all off like you used to....

*By the way, I googled the movie quote and found free access to the This is 40 screenplay online.

Dominic's Dream Dessert: Eat it all while you can!
After 40 it becomes a lot harder to lose.

BONUS! 

Here’s the dialogue from one of the funniest scenes in This is 40. Surely, some of you can relate.

Debbie walks down the hall and into the bathroom without

knocking. Pete is on the toilet playing Scrabble on his iPad.

DEBBIE

What are you doing?

PETE

Going to the bathroom.

DEBBIE

We’re all downstairs waiting for

you. You’ve been up here for a

really long time now.

PETE

Oh, I’m almost done. I’ll be down

in a second.

DEBBIE

Charlotte just did her first flip

on the trampoline, and she landed

on her feet. She was really proud

of herself.

PETE

Oh, that’s great.

DEBBIE

And you missed it.

PETE

She’ll do it again.

DEBBIE

It’s just that this is the fourth

time you’ve gone to the bathroom

today.

PETE

Give me a break.

DEBBIE

Why is your instinct to escape?

PETE

It’s not my instinct to escape from

you. It is my instinct to come into

the bathroom when I need to go to

the bathroom.

DEBBIE

How come I don’t smell anything?

PETE

It’s because I shoved an Altoid up

my ass before I came in here.

DEBBIE

Let me see then.

PETE

What?

DEBBIE

Let me see!

PETE

No, I’m not going to let you see.

DEBBIE

You’re not going to let me see

because you’re not taking a poop.

PETE

I’ve been flushing as I go.

DEBBIE

You’re flushing as you go? Who

takes a half hour to go to the

bathroom?

PETE

(thinks for a second)

John Goodman.

She angrily grabs his iPad and walks out.

PETE (CONT’D)

Don’t press Enter! I’m not sure I

want to make that move!