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[gauchecritic]

Been listening to a 'turn' at my local (taped backing, live guitar) and two songs have prompted me to start a thread. (It doesn't matter what the songs are)

Why is it that I can be amazed that "when I look, I find, I still love you." Why is it amazing? I'm talking about my wife (25 years married in August) and I can look and find I still love her? Is this a guy thing?

Which brings me to the second song. I always thought that "Watching you sleep" was a cliche. No one ever did it, no one ever thought it was worth doing. A few years ago, as the opportunity arose, I began doing it. I found myself amazed once more remembering why and how I love her. It hurts.

What I would like to know is: Why am I amazed? Why do I smile a secret smile when I say 'night night' in my head to the wife and kids just before I fall asleep?

Most of all, why am I assuming that this is something that you girlies know all about?

 

[cloudy]

Most of all, why am I assuming that this is something that you girlies know all about?

Because you're right, we do.

 

[Guest]

Because you're right, we do.

And it's lovely to hear you've discovered it, too.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

"The heart has its reasons that reason does not know" ~ Blaise Pascal

 

[SeaCat]

Gauch,

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who suffers from this. (Yep I'm really suffering. ) Just be carefull, otherwise you'll find yourself choking up when you hear things like George Strait's song "I cross my Heart".

Cat

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

I sure hope you two don't start in on a duet of "Achey-Breaky Heart!"

 

[Guest]

I sure hope you two don't start in on a duet of "Achey-Breaky Heart!"

Now don't spoil this tender moment!

 

[Lemon Head]

Another amazing feeling is the one you get when you notice something about your love for the first time, despite the fact that you've known them for so long and figured you'd seen it all.

 

[carsonshepherd]

"The heart has its reasons that reason does not know" ~ Blaise Pascal

love that quote, used to be my sig.... thanks for reminding me of it. So true.

 

[SeaCat]

I sure hope you two don't start in on a duet of "Achey-Breaky Heart!"

That is NOT going to happen. I can't stand that song. (It's almost as bad as "Swinging".)

Cat

Lemon Head,
I find that at least once a day. A person changes all the time so they are never the same. That's what makes life so fun.

Cat

 

[Lemon Head]

Lemon Head,
I find that at least once a day. A person changes all the time so they are never the same. That's what makes life so fun.

Cat

I think what amazes me is being such a student of the person you love. I'm attentive to almost all around me, but I find myself paying very close attention to all kinds of little nuances that are specific to my love. Somehow the intimacy seems more intense when I realize no one knows her the way I do.

 

[cantdog]

Witness

One profound thing in committed relationships: witness. Your life will not go unwitnessed, your triumphs unseen, because that person will witness it. You need not feel, for good or ill, that no one cares whether you do the right thing, because there is someone who will. Love is very powerful. It puts hate to shame.

 

[raphy]

Which brings me to the second song. I always thought that "Watching you sleep" was a cliche. No one ever did it, no one ever thought it was worth doing. A few years ago, as the opportunity arose, I began doing it. I found myself amazed once more remembering why and how I love her. It hurts.

I do that.

I have been doing it with the ones I love for many years. I found, like you, that it reaffirms why (and how much) I love that person.

For the B5 science fiction geeks amongst us - Maybe the Minbari have the right idea, eh?

 

[raphy]

That is NOT going to happen. I can't stand that song. (It's almost as bad as "Swinging".)

Hahahaha

As a big fan of Merle, Hank (1, the real one) and Willie, I couldn't agree more!

 

[BlackShanglan]

I don't know, lad, but if I'm going to be accused of a gender for having the words "shopping" and "J. C. Penney" in one sentence, you've got about eight X chromosomes coming.

We horses, naturally, never mention this sort of thing in public.

Shanglan

 

[Guest]

. . .
We horses, naturally, never mention this sort of thing in public.

Shanglan

But you do disgrace yourselves in parades.

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[BlackShanglan]

But you do disgrace yourselves in parades.

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LOVE the icon!

Actually when I was in England, watching the funeral procession of the Princess of Wales on television, I got a little smile from one of my brethren just being his horsey self when he was supposed to be very grand and solemn pulling the guncart. That's the beauty of animals. They've got no clue and are still utterly elated by a carrot regardless of what they are pulling. Auden, as always, is right -

... even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course
Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot
Where the dogs go on with their doggy life, and the torturer's horse
Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.

They bring us back to earth with a reminder that sugar lumps and kibble really are all that one can ask from this world, and enough to be grateful for.

Shanglan