I am Jon Snow

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I Am Jon Snow!

How I Serve My Family While Preparing for Winter

I am not afraid to admit it. I serve at the pleasure of my wife. While watching Games of Thrones, I was ready to bend the knee every weekend. Personally, I wanted more than to not die a fiery death by dragons. I wanted a shot at lying next to the queen too. Oh yes, I’ll bend the knee to that.

My Life is Game of Thrones

As with anything in life, I had to give this scenario a lot of thought. I realized that my life isn’t that much different than Game of Thrones. Oh, you don’t believe me? Check the math:

1. Do I not have three dragons? CHECK!
2. Does my queen run the castle? CHECK!
3. Doesn’t she have a sexy voice? CHECK!
4. Don’t I get to lie next to the queen? CHECK!

That’s right, I am Jon Snow up in this house. Who knew that Game of Thrones was about raising a family and taking life lessons? I know none of y’all saw it, but I saw it. My marriage life is now better for it.

My briefcase, coupled with my computer is my sword.

My wife always tells me that I know nothing, and I die a fiery death every time I load the dishwasher wrong.

It’s a Metaphor

Now, some of you are going to say something stupid.

Stupid Someone: Hey, doesn’t Jon Snow kill the queen at the end?

Me: that was a metaphor. MET – A – PHOR!

See y’all are too busy looking with your eyes instead of analyzing with your brains.

Jon Snow loved his queen, so much that he killed her to protect her from herself. She was becoming overwhelmed with power, and that is part of the job of being the Jon Snow of the Croom Family…my wife becomes overwhelmed with power too.

Before I get into that, let me described you my Game of Thrones.

Winter is coming = Recession, retirement, layoff, too much debt, etc.

Protecting the Castle = money =income – outflow

3 Dragons = my children

Serving the queen = Protecting my wife from anyone who makes her unhappy other than me.

Cue the music… let’s go!

My Jon Snow Duties

It is my duty to serve at the pleasure of my wife, and winning this war means I get to stay in the castle until the very end of time.

At the same time, I have to make sure there is a castle and that my dragons don’t eat anyone. I didn’t know it at the time, but when I said, “I do,” that was what I was committing to handling all this for my future family. Now that I know, I strive to make sure I am making the best decisions for my family.

It is no secret that I believe my wife is more of the spender of my family, and I am the saver of the family, but I still serve at the pleasure of my wife.

My wife will make no secret about the things she wants, and make no mistake about it, I definitely hear her and want to get her everything that she wants, but I can’t do that and protect the castle at the same time.

Armond: (In my Jon Snow Voice): Winter is coming

Now for those of you who haven’t seen me in a while…I have the Jon Snow beard going. I have the Jon Snow squint. I even have a Jon Snow voice. That way, when I say, “winter is coming,” maybe I can fool my wife into thinking I am actually sexy.

On top of that, since I’m in my Jon Snow character, it’s not actually me telling her that she cannot have the brand new QX 80.

Armond: (in my Jon Snow Voice): Winter is coming

No Castle, No Queen

Look, I serve at the pleasure of my wife. I would love, love, love to give the mother of my dragons a brand new QX 80 that has never been touched by another because she deserves it. Make no mistake about it, I enjoy serving at the pleasure of my wife. I would love to give her a big rock on her hand and put the most expensive clothes on her back. However, I have to protect the castle because at the end of the day, if the dragons are not taken care of, our defenses are down. If we don’t invest in adequate protection, we will not be able to protect ourselves adequately for the winter.

Let’s face it, if there is no castle, there is no queen.

I mean, she’ll always be the queen of my heart, I’m just saying she won’t be a happy queen.

Preparing for Winter Ultimately Makes the Queen Happy

If I were to buy my wife the biggest home, give her the nicest car and lace her down with the finest clothes, she would be as happy as she could be to receive them. However, as soon as a recession hit, or something came to wipe all of it away, my wife and my three dragons would send me to a fiery death. I should have done my family planning (i.e., planning for winter)—could’ve prevented all of this.

My wife would look at me with a straight face and say, “how could you let this happen!?” Now the damn dead is all in my castle ruining everything. Meanwhile, my queen is on a hill somewhere surrounded by the dead while some other man is protecting her. One of my dragons looks like she’s about to kill me, and I’m busy hoping someone jumps out to kill the Snow King and saves my butt.

Me: Hello, Dad?

Dad (my Arya): yes Son

Me: You know I hate to ask you for money, but things are a little tight right now, and I just need a little money to get me by.

Dad: Wait, didn’t you buy your wife a QX 80 and get her a Kobe Bryant wedding ring.

Me: Yes, Dad, but…Hello…Hello…Dad, are you there?

That’s how that conversation with my father would go, as it should. The only thing my father would send me is plane tickets. He ‘d want me to put his grandchildren on a plane so that they don’t have to sleep on the street. He would send it with a note that says, “Let me know when you get back on your feet, son.” Yes, my life would spiral out of control like the last three episodes of Game of Thrones.

A Final Word to My Fellow Jon Snows

I have to make sure I’m always preparing for the future of my family.

This is why my fellow Jon Snows have to be vigilant.

I am not just talking to the men out there, because I have met my fair share of women who play Jon Snow. I see you, wives.

We love our family with all of our hearts, and we want to provide all their wants and needs, but we also have to be vigilant about what is best for the kingdom. What will set you up for the best future?

I am all for living for the day, but sometimes you have to make sure that when winter comes, you are prepared.

I now bend the knee…to my queen.

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