Can't Take My Eyes Off of You

I was having dinner with some friends. My friend AR had a girls fondue night and the evening was going well. Then over Pandora, I heard the song by Bobby Darin, "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You".

The song Jeff and I danced to at our wedding. It isn't a common song and I was surprised to hear it. I quietly asked AR to change the channel and she did so without question. But the rest of my night was off I suddenly realized I was sitting with 5 women who had husbands and their families were intact. I cried all the way home.

You may not know this, but Jeff couldn't dance. Shocker, I know. But really, he couldn't. The good thing was, he knew this. So, when it came to wedding planning. Jeff had an idea. He took dance classes.

Wait let me rephrase that. 

Jeff hired a dancer to choreograph our wedding dance.  Yes, that is the right way to say it.  We went to weekly lessons where the dancer choreographed our dance and we practiced the moves.  It was fun, I will admit that.  Jeff tried very hard and I loved him for trying. 

I remember one night when we were practicing the big dip in the dance and the choreographer told Jeff that he should remember to do this periodically in our marriage.  That it was a “swoop” and he should remember to do it to “swoop me off my feet” and be romantic.  The thing is: he did remember that.  He would at times try to dip me over and risk dropping me to the floor but I knew what he was trying to do and it was always romantic even if I was laughing at him.

Everyone at our wedding loved the dance and it went off without a hitch (the dance did, not the wedding but that is a different story).

I cried that night remembering the words to the song:

You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like heaven to touch
Oh, I wanna touch you so much

At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you

Pardon the way that I stare
But nobody else can compare
The sight of you makes me weak
There are no words I can speak

And if you feel as I feel
Oh, let me know that it's real
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you

I love you, baby
And if it is quite alright
I need you, baby
To warm up my winter nights
I love you, baby
So trust in me when I say, when I say

Oh pretty baby
Don't let me down, I pray
Pretty, pretty baby
Now that I have found you'll stay
And let me love you, baby
Come let me love you

You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like heaven to touch, mama
I wanna touch you so much

At long last love has arrived
And how I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you

Oh, you're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
You're just too good to be true
Cannot take my eyes off you

You're much, too much to be true
Won't take my eyes off you
You're just too, too, too
Can't take my eyes off you

And you're too good to be true
Will not take my eyes off you, no way

Sincerely,

Jeff’s Wife