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- From: fippen@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu (J. Fippen)
- Subject: Two hearts can meet....................
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:37:59 GMT
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- Recently it's been said that "Romance is fiction" and I want to label that as
- the myth it is. But there is no denying the fact that romance is a gentler
- meeting of two hearts and that such a joining generally doesn't take place in
- high intensity situations or crowds. Romance must be given a chance, and that
- chance will come in situations such as: sitting in the grass on the quad at UI
- and talking until 3 am (this happened to us in '47, but no one would do it
- today because we'd both probably get beat up and she might get raped); take a
- long walk in the woods holding hands ( Naveena Michael mentioned this in her
- post ); walking along a beach on a moonlight night (this has great appeal to me
- because in Illinois beaches are rare); a picnic for 2 in the park; a long
- telephone call or an internet chat (I've never done this but I know two hearts
- can touch when far apart); or maybe a canoe ride for two down a river or along
- a lake front.
- These are some ideas; there are hundreds more. Just remember that
- romance thrives in gentler places, not at a cocktail party with 40 people
- present. And bars are the absolute worst; whiskey breath will chill the most
- ardent heart.
- I know these things because I've loved my wife for 45 years and
- experienced many of them and wish to experience the others. Romance does not
- die when you're 70. Sex is for the moment, but love is for life.
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- John Fippen married 43 years and still love my wife.
- email fippen@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu
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