Dear David,
What do you think about gay marriage?
~Rather B. Single
Dear Rather B.,
Listen, if your idea of a great life is being an upper middle-class couple in the suburbs with children, go for it. For myself, my life has been all about romance. And if romance is gone, so am I. I am 83 and have managed to be in my fourth great romance right now. The other three lasted two years, thirty years and ten years. I count myself very, very lucky that I have managed to pull this off. I was always man crazy. I was never domesticity crazy. And if you think domesticity equates to security, you have another thing coming.
I think it was Tolstoy who wrote, "If you do not want to be lonely you should never marry." I think in this century we are going to see a lot of women opting for romance over marriage, while the people they are "copying"....gay men...will go in the other direction. Interesting isn't it?
Romance is an important stepping stone to marriage. It's also what makes a marriage special.
ReplyDeleteGetting married does not take away romance. Furthermore,romance rejuvenates a marriage.