Does it Still Happen?
Yesterday I met an elderly couple that confided in me that they'd met right after he'd gotten back from the war and that they were so taken with each other that they married the day after they met.
For those of you who are slow with the math...they had known each other ONE day!!!
I asked the woman...'what was it about him that had you so taken?' She tilted her head thoughtfully and said, 'honey...he was just SO handsome.' He of course winked at me and flashed a wicked grin.
But numerous decades and many great grandchildren later...they are still as in love as the day they met and I couldn't help but wishing that that kind of love still existed like it did then.
posted by Lindsey @ 1/16/2007 06:23:00 AM
27 Comments:
that kinda love does exist, but people are more cautious these days, which is a shame...
I think i'm a big fat cynic when it comes to love. That sounds like a romantic story, but i think the men are much different nowadays then they were way back when.
Miss Ash said it. Men are no longer men. On the same token, women are no longer women. We've become a unisex world. Love like that does exist if you don't let all the other bs get in the way.
Who says it doesn't?
Let hope anyway, though, you know?
It totoally does...most people just dont believe in it anymore.
But there are still a few of us who do.
I think it does, only to those whose eyes are open to it. But then again, this is coming from a girl who is still waiting on Prince charming to come galloping on his white horse!
Everyone says it does but I have yet to find it... :-(
Here's the thing, this couple is not the only ones you have seen for whom this sort of relationship exists, am I right? Even if it is, I know some too, and not only people who have lived a lifetime together, but couple, younger, where I would bet everything I had on the fact that they will be together til, as the words say, death do them part. I'm guessing again that you know couples like this also. So does it exist, yes, that's what I would have to say.
Are these perfect relationships? No.
The main culprit these days is independence - we no longer need another person in the same way that people did then, and as such we choose, we choose each day. (we, they, couples)
Such a nice story, heartwarming, anybody would or at least should want what they have had. :-)
This is so touching.
It totally exists.
Most people just aren't open to it happening like that.
I agree with Berly. Like so many things in life, you must be willing to let it happen to you.
That is AMAZING. It seems to me that people used to try a lot harder to keep marriages together and today it's just very easy and popular (sort of) to get divorced. I'm definitely guilty of bailing on relationships instead of putting in the effort and hard work.
It does. Not to say everything goes smoothly as silk all the time, but that committment from both partners is what keeps the love burning strongly, no matter what happens.
It was real nice talking to you too Lindsey. Thanks for stopping by the park bench to pass the time. Word to the wise though. That popcorn you were eating from our bag? It's really no good for you, we tried to warn you too. We like 'poisoning the pigeons in the park' every Tuesday. We're sorry for any ill effects. It's mostly iron filings though. We're completely ecologically balanced! A friend of ours came up with the song for it so long ago. We play it our anniversaries now.
Cheers & Good Luck! 'VJ'
I'm waiting for that moment when some girl falls head over heels for me (and vice-versa).
I met my husband in May of 2000, we started dating at the end up June 2000, we were engaged August 1st of 2000 and married on Sept. 30th of 2000. I think there is, but it's not for everyone. I understud why people thought we were crazy looking back on it now but I've been married 6 yrs now and never happier.
yeah - what's up with that? Because my immediate thinking, when I meet somebody who's hot and charming is, "what's wrong with him?"
Yeah, sorry to be a cynic but back then women had to get married and divorce wasn't an option. It's a cute story but I doubt that it's been 50 years of bliss.
God, I'm officially bitter.
It does. It just takes work and commitment and the baby boomers and later generations have been (are) lazier and more narcissistic that the WWII generation. I would probably still be in my dysfunctional married if my ex would have paid ANY attention to me physically or emotionally in the last 3 years of our marriage (my mom dies in the final year so I could have used a little emotional support).
Whoah...that's the best story I've heard today.
My boy and I met on a blind date and have been together ever since. I believe there are definite love at first sight instances although, in my case, I totally wanted to jump his bones first! LOL!!
Yeah lindsey, It still happens... It's funny too because this is a perfect example that when it does happen, the love will outlast time itself.
ej
Once as I was driving down the road, I passed my grandparents going the other direction in their truck. Grandma was right next to grandpa in the cab. I thought, 'awww, after all these years she still slides in right next to him!'
I took great pride in bragging to my coworkers all day about what I'd seen. When I got home that night, I called grandma to tell her I'd seen them and how proud I was of the two of them, still in love after so many years. I'll never forget what she said... "Oh! Yeah, I had to sit in the middle because we couldn't put the clean laundry in the back of the truck."
Talk about your bubble bursters!
you've gone all quiet again, i trust all is ok in linnyland?
the fairy tail in me says YES but the sinic in me says NO WAY!
I hope my fairy tail side wins.
i love that stuff.
Yes it does. I really and truly believe it does.
Here's to you and your own story.
:)
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