Here’s a lovely story from the New York Times (yes, it has some nice stuff, especially if it’s not editorialized news). It’s about a man and woman who had a romance, but then agreed to part and meet five years later on the steps of New York’s Public Library, next to the “uptown lion”. Time passed, there were other relationships and obstacles, but the meeting finally took place. I’ll let you read about it yourself, but it’s a heartwarmer, and very well written.
Have a good weekend.
Cool.
Good story. I think the moral is, don’t get in a hurry and don’t marry young. You have to wait until it is time on both sides, at least that is the story I’m pushing.
I agree, certainly about the ‘don’t marry too young’.
I was in a, ahem, enthusiastic relationship with my wife from the day we met. About three years later we decided we might as well get married, but only after we’d bought a house (the price of houses was going up a lot faster than the price of weddings). That was 35 years ago. We’re still in the same house and still married.
Not sure what ‘rules’ to derive from that, other than ‘whatever floats your boat’. 😉
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Also, a(nother) moral is … …
… … do not mawwy.
Mawwiage simply idn’t necessary.
At all. E v e r.
It is an androcentric / patriarchal deal
very, very much along the controlling lines of … …
religions.
Blue
I’ve been advocating for the seven year contract. After that, re-up or part ways 🙂
Some people would work out better at seven weeks.
Likely true!
I’ve been advocating for the same thing regarding tenure.
Dang, I was relieved to see that Ms. Kaplan didn’t get run over by a car on her way to the rendezvous like Deborah Kerr going to meet Cary Grant at the top of the Empire State Building in An Affair to Remember.
Their story is also emotionally overwhelming for anyone who has ever worked for a Public Library. Having lived through many years of changing technology at first lending Books then Tapes then CD’s and even downloads and then finally getting made redundant.
The belief that Public Libraries are eternal is indeed as heart warming as romance between the stacks
You happen to see last year’s The Public?
Sounds like “Sleepless in Seattle” 1993
which is like “an Affair to Remember”1957
which is like “Love Affair” 1939.
All about a couple meeting again atop the Empire State Building.
Jeez, Bob, you forgot the 1994 Warren Beatty-Annette Bening re-make, Love Affair.
But then, so have most cinéastes, too. 🙂
I saw that story this morning and was sucked in by the title. Five years after I met my husband, I moved halfway across the country to live with him and four years after that we got married. Waiting was definitely right for us.
There you go. What did I say? Whatever it was I must have been right.
Great story! Not the usual way people find each other.
If that’s what you think, you haven’t been paying much attention to real life!
Lucky to be lucky in love… 35yrs hasn’t dimminished but strengthed, very lucky.
Thanks for sharing. What a day brightened.
Yeah, me too.
A very nice story. But it did leave me wondering. What was the deal with Mom?