Renaissance Man

I’m in love. Madly in love. That’s what spring does to you. After a long cold winter, wrapped up in my incapacitated pregnant body, I am now breaking free. The sun is melting away every bit of shield and armour that has protected my heart and mind from completely going haywire. Tjohoo, there’s no turning back.

Reinout walks past me this morning, and I notice his scent. In fact I notice his whole being which I’m ready to consume.
“What cologne are you wearing?” I pause waiting for an answer which doesn’t come. He is busy looking for a pair of shoes. He has many of them.
“It reminds me of our holidays in France” I continue. “Lunches at the beach, a Sancerre wine in the cooler.” I conjure up a picture that is vividly painted in my mind.
“Yes, I wore it on our last holiday. It’s Canali” He slides on his other shoe. Always without socks. He doesn’t even wear socks in the winter time. I love him for this. That and a million other strange and quirky habits of his. I’ve still to find a word that captures the pure essence of Reinout. Eccentric doesn’t cut. That’s a word belonging to the world of the cultured and the self-proclaimed intellectuals. Nerd is not the right word either. Although he can program and type to the tune of a 180 beats per minute, he can actually carry a conversation. He is by far the verbal one in our family. I’m not.

I continue rummaging my head for a proper description. Classic fits to a certain degree, because of his dress sense, and his general outlook on life. But it’s classic with a twist. He is certainly not old fashioned, and thus the word classic would have to be used devoid of such connotation. Perhaps the only true word capturing all  aspects, 360 degree Reinout is “Renaissance man”. I’m not even sure he is familiar with the term as the classics doesn’t interest him in the least. According to wikipedia, Renaissance Man and, less commonly, Homo Universalis (Latin for “universal man” or “man of the world”) are related and used to describe a person who is well educated or who excels in a wide variety of subjects or fields.

I find myself content at having found the perfect epithet for my husband. I relish the word, like a strawberry flavoured lollipop. It’s indeed striking. I shall tell him this later. I am sure he will be pleased.

Renaissance Man and his loyal Buddy

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