Friday, 20 June 2014

Cocoa Jamocha



Several years ago I was having lunch with my grandmother and a few of her friends, and someone posed this question: What qualities would you look for in a second husband? Grandma and her friends had all been widowed years before. Every one of them prefaced their reply by saying they had no intention of remarrying.  (I don’t think any of them ever did. I’ve observed that surviving spouses who were happily married tend to remarry right away. Widows and widowers who have been happily single for a long time tend to stay that way. It’s like Newton’s law about motion.) Having said that, it was apparent that they’d given the matter some thought. They all mentioned helpful things their husbands did that they miss: fixing the car, remembering birthdays and anniversaries, repairing leaky faucets, planning fun vacations, etc. I wonder what I’d miss most about my husband in his absence. What would he miss about me?

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