Is this is what Marriage is really all about?
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First ---the joke:
" A Couple walked into a fast food restaurant. The man ordered one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The old man then unwrapped the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in half. He placed one half in front of his wife. He then carefully counted out the French fries, dividing them into two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife.
He took a sip of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup down between them. As he began to eat his few bites of hamburger, the people around them kept looking over and whispering. You could tell they were thinking, "That poor old couple - all they can afford is one meal for the two of them."
As the man began to eat his fries a young man came to the table. He politely offered to buy another meal for the old couple. The old man said they were just fine -they were used to sharing everything.
The surrounding people noticed the little old lady hadn't eaten a bite. She sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns sipping the drink.
Again the young man came over and begged them to let him buy another meal
for them. This time the old wo man said "No, thank you, we are used to sharing everything."
As the old man finished and was wiping his face neatly with the napkin, the young man again came over to the little old lady who had yet to eat a single bite of food and asked "What is it you are waiting for?"
She answered.... (This is great) "The Teeth" "
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At first, I laughed to myself because it was kind of cute and funny, albeit ..a bit gross. Then my ridiculous over analytical mind started to run away .
Why was he eating first?
Why doesn't she have her own teeth? Isn't sharing teeth a bit too much ...togetherness?
How poor were they...what a horrible testimony to the lack of health care for seniors...
Yes...My mind raced on, far, far past the joke and the absurdity of it.
I pondered the relationships of couples I've known, and wondered: how much is healthy...and how much...is too much sharing ? Living , eating , breathing ...together...is it healthy ?
What constitutes stimulating and healthy, as opposed to obsessive, or destructive.... togetherness?
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BUT ...
Never assume.
I just hope they don't share their underwear.
George Vreeland Hill
I pondered the relationships of couples I've known, and wondered: how much is healthy...and how much...is too much sharing ? Living , eating , breathing ...together ...is it healthy ? ....led me to think about how much happier and more secure I am in my current relationship than I ever was on my own... but that sure wasn't the case in my first marriage...
Flit: Leaves me wondering what those dots lead to....
KS: Thanks!
William: Sound like you have a good thing going. Kudos! You have your priorities set , and it works!
To laugh
To sing
To dance as one.
To praise
To rejoice
To worship as one.
To dare
To care
To share as one
To kiss
To hug
To love as one.
To read
To yearn
To learn as one.
To want
To need
To know as one.
To bleed
To heal
To feel as one.
To teach
To plan
To work as one.
To eat
To sleep
To breathe as one...
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