Anyone else out there live with a man who's dead serious about his Stetson cowboy hat?

I have been told on more than a few occasions--like if I toss my coat on top of the precious Stetson cowboy hat that I had no idea he'd put in the back seat of his crew cab pickup truck we're driving to town because we're feeling rich that day, or pick the cowboy hat up the wrong way, or God forbid bend the wire that holds the straw brim in shape just so, or if Toby the Percheron horse tries to take a bite out of that simply irresistible Stetson because I thought it was funny to teach him to steal a baseball cap from my head, or place it on the table flat, etc.--that you don't mess with a man's hat.

Never. Never. Never.

Oh yeah, and I've also been advised that a cowboy hat with any kind of foofy accessories is not A. Real. Cowboy. Hat. (Tell that to the posers in Santa Fe.)

And that those taco hats, the ones with the brims flipped straight up like something you'd fill up with jalapenos and spicy beef and wash down with a cold beer, worn mostly by the hordes of illegals who seem to be overtaking the town, especially the Wal-Mart, are not real cowboy hats either. (I tend to agree. Those are just plain silly.)

Email exchange between me and my husband about the delivery of his long-awaited new Stetson cowboy hat from hatcountry.com to my office this morning:

To: Kimberly. SUBJECT: Your hat arrived! Good news about the hat - I really needed a new one. Dennis

To Dennis. SUBJECT: Confused.Did you order the one with the feather and turquoise hat band??????? xo Kimberly

To Kimberly. SUBJECT: Clarification.No - I got the one with the 24 karat gold chain with diamond studs and a whole slew of purplish green flowing peacock feathers.

To Dennis. SUBJECT: Returning defective Stetson.OH. I wondered about that turquoise. Guess I'll have to pack it up and return it then and specify what exactly it was you ordered. ;-)

Resounding silence.