Tuesday, January 11, 2005 @1/11/2005 12:06:00 AM
This morning while I was on the train, I saw a couple. Quite a middle aged one. Wait, I wouldnt say middle aged. About early 30s? Anyway, perhaps they are a couple who are still currently in their honeymoon marriage stage( as in recently married for about 2-3 years). But they still look really loving. As loving as they were maybe when they started out as a new couple. Because before marraige, there would always come dating. That would take a couple of years too right? Looking at them like that makes me think if this would be possible for me. To be still in love while still married.
I dont believe that love lasts forever. I believe that love lasts as long as the honeymoon lasts. Honestly that is not very long. After marraige, alot of factors come into play. Its not just sustaining around love anymore. In fact, its alot of hard work on both parties to make it work. After a while, after all those hard work, children come into the picture and it is children that most people feel that the obligation is there to stay in the marriage. Sometimes I look at my parents and wonder why are they even staying the marriage when they obviously dont love each other anymore.
This brings me to think. What is the point of love when it doesnt last? Reuben thinks that this is the very concept that brought the downfall of our relationship. Because I dont believe that love lasts forever.
Does it?
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