The following entry was written for Mommybloggers.com by Leigh Ann of The Mom Squad

For Valentine's Day I have been chosen to write a short essay on Love from the Goddesses that reside at MommyBloggers. Me! OK, I deleted the e-mail by mistake, so it is possible that it may have gone out to just a few others, but it came to ME! I'm humbled and honored and have accepted this great challenge. My one shot to show myself to the world. I shall grasp it with... Crap, what the heck am I going to write? I need to be witty, yet poignant, or something like that. Again, I deleted the e-mail. Anyway, it doesn't matter, I did what any sane person would do and Googled Love. I found the Love Calculator . A truly ingenious tool. It can predict the success of a relationship just by using your parent-given names. So I threw myself and Brett in for kicks. This is what I learned from the highly sophisticated tool (take that last word any way you want):

Love Calculator results
These are the results of the calculations by Dr. Love:
Leigh Ann _____
Brett Terry ____
0 %

Dr. Love thinks a relationship might work out between Leigh Ann ___ and Brett Terry ___, but the chance is very small. A successful relationship is possible, but you both have to work on it. Do not sit back and think that it will all work out fine, because it might not be working out the way you wanted it to. Spend as much time with each other as possible. Again, the chance of this relationship working out is very small, so even when you do work hard on it, it still might not work out.

Oh, the horror! If only I had checked this 9 years ago, I would never have gotten involved with the man of my dreams and father of my children. I would have surely held out for Brian Austin Green ( I needed a person whose middle name I knew. I tried Dr. McDreamy, but I kept getting 29%, which just CAN'T be true). BAG and I have a staggering 97% shot. Although, at this point, I'm not sure I want to be compared to his ex, Vanessa , you know, after 3 kids and all.

But let me get back to the point. Why, oh why, did I chose to marry Brett? Just because he held me when I had a stomach virus after I'd only known him for a week? Because he flew with me from Austria, to Germany, to the US when I brutally tore all the ligaments in my ankle and the quacky overseas doctors kept trying to do surgery on me? I'm sure Brian Austin Green would have woken up several times a night to fetch my ice for me and to keep me company when I couldn't sleep (he was always so good to Donna on 90210. Well, until he started cheating on her anyway).


BAG has a son, Kassius, I'm sure he takes him (and would have no problem juggling 2 other boys) to Chuck E. Cheese's and the ice rink when his Mother has had a long day. I'm sure he would get up with the kids at night when they call for him and only him. Don't all men clean their kid's puke and let their wives sleep through it. Surely BAG would send his woman beautiful flowers in a gesture of never-ending support. He does laundry right? And cooks? Shovels snow? Takes the garbage out? I just know tears well in his eyes daily from some inane thing that his kid has done.

Do you think he brings his woman treats when she is hungry at night? Do you think he'd have a problem if I played golf weekly while he sat out his favorite game? How about Girl's Night Out? I could do that way more often than he'd do Guy's night out, right? Do you think he'd play hockey with my kids while I cook peacefully? How about cleaning up dinner, bathing the kids, and putting them to bed while I write my blog that brings in no money?


Do you think he'd drive the whole way, both ways on 5 hour car trips? Wake up at 4 am to go to the gym so as not to take time away from me? Do you think he'd like my family? They are a big, demanding, loud crew. Would he never complain even when it was warranted? I don't know. Surely if my guy does all that with a ZERO percent match, BAG (at 97% remember), would have to walk across fire for me, right?


Well, alas, I'm stuck with Mr. Zero for better or for worse. We'll have to put this behind us and continue to support and respect eachother. The Love Calculator did say we'd have to work on it, but I can't help but think of how easy it would have been for BAG and I. He just got his big break on the HIT show Freddie and all. We could have just sailed through. Brett and I actually have to work on it a bit. Even if it were a mistake, I picked him and I plan on making it work. Sure, he's pretty easy to love. He makes me laugh, he's an incredible Father and he looks after me. He appreciates what I do and gives me every reason to be thankful. On second thought, you know what? Maybe I don't need a Love Calculator to find my perfect man. I mean, AnalBoy could put BAG to shame any day. Stupid Love Calculator! I'm keeping MY man!