Arianna Hart | Who’s Your Freebie?

I have been happily married to the same man for almost 21 years (I was a child
bride…no really…well, I acted like a child) and I love him more than chocolate.
We have three beautiful daughters and we still have fun just taking a drive
together.

That being said, if Johnny Rzeznik (lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls) showed up
on my doorstep, all bets are off. In all fairness, my husband has a series of TV
girlfriends who would make him forget he was married, so we’re even.  As kind of
a joke we came up with the idea of a once in a lifetime freebie.

What is a freebie you ask? Here is how we define it:

A freebie cannot be anyone we actually know, like it can’t be my hot college
roommate or the cute cop in town.

This is only a one shot deal. You get one freebie and that’s it.

If it is ever used, it will never be mentioned again—that was for me, I know
myself and I’d throw it in his face every time I got mad at him. “Why don’t you
ask (___insert hot chick of the month here___) to iron your shirt. I’m sure
she’d love to.”

The person has to be practically unobtainable. That’s the whole point.

Now, do I think either one of us would ever use this freebie? Noooo. Let’s face it, if we’ve been married for two decades, that means we’re getting a little old, and gravity is not your friend after 30. It’s the concept of a freebie that is fun to have. I guess I never grew out of that little girl who used to dream about marrying Eddie from Eddie and the Cruisers . I know I still love those rock and rollers. The badder, the better. (Yes, I know badder isn’t a word, but the worse the better just sounds weird.) I love the attitude and the strut and the way a musician looks when he is caught up in the music. Something about a guy with a guitar, pouring all his blood, sweat, and tears into it absolutely does it for me.  In my book Storming the Castle the main character, Sam “Castle” Castleton is the combination of every bad boy rocker fantasy I’ve ever had. Sort of. He needs a lot of work and some serious people skills, but he looks like every bad boy rocker I’ve drooled over since I was old enough to understand what a bad boy rocker was. I like the idea of putting someone who is used to being treated like a god down in the dirt for a little while. Struggle can be strengthening, and Sam is going to need all the strength he can get.

So, who would be your freebie?