I get such a warm fuzzy feeling when I see a little old couple walking down the street hand in hand. They just look like soul mates :) These days its so easy to get disillusioned with marriage especially with divorce rates rocketing. Its sometimes good to be reminded that marriages can still work 30/40 or even 50 years down the line! More power to those who commit there life to another person.
I had a sad moment though the other day as I was standing in the queue for Starbucks (which was incidentally snaking out the door grr!). I noticed a little old couple sat opposite each other on a table. The husband was staring out the window and the wife was staring into space. In the good 10 minutes I was there neither made eye contact or spoke a word to one another. You see it in restaurants too - a middle aged couple have made time from there hectic schedules to go out for an evening together but then find that now the kids have upped & left they have nothing in common anymore (maybe I'm over analysing or reading too much into that situation!). Its sad to think though that they have nothing to say to one another. I guess this presents the other side of the story & its so easy to see how the passion & love can fade with time :(
I hope I end up like the cute old couple & not a lonely old spinster with only my house full of cats for company!
Thought of the day: 'Is gentle something you touch, or something that touches you?'
I had a sad moment though the other day as I was standing in the queue for Starbucks (which was incidentally snaking out the door grr!). I noticed a little old couple sat opposite each other on a table. The husband was staring out the window and the wife was staring into space. In the good 10 minutes I was there neither made eye contact or spoke a word to one another. You see it in restaurants too - a middle aged couple have made time from there hectic schedules to go out for an evening together but then find that now the kids have upped & left they have nothing in common anymore (maybe I'm over analysing or reading too much into that situation!). Its sad to think though that they have nothing to say to one another. I guess this presents the other side of the story & its so easy to see how the passion & love can fade with time :(
I hope I end up like the cute old couple & not a lonely old spinster with only my house full of cats for company!
Thought of the day: 'Is gentle something you touch, or something that touches you?'
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