sweethearts (a tiny cautionary tale)
My parents divorced when I was 51.
I shared that with a 76-year-old married person sitting with her shoulder against mine on a plane—Alice.
We’d been talking for a while. I’m guessing it was a combination of things said that had me put that detail into the air. I usually do it when I want to drive home a point about not taking things for granted in relationships.
“That’s the thing,” she said. “We all, at some point, stop trying to be sweethearts.”
Present sweethearts—as much as possible.1 A good goal.
Revisit The Partner’s Promise—
You are my best friend. I love you. I am sorry. I forgive you.
1
sweetheart: n. a person with whom someone is having a romantic relationship. | romantic: adj. conducive to or characterized by the expression of love.