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- From: kath@pico.dr.att.com (54626-LeeK(DR1971)210)
- Newsgroups: alt.romance
- Subject: Re: Two hearts can meet....................
- Message-ID: <22537@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 16:37:41 GMT
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- In article <BxytvC.CxE@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, fippen@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu (J. Fippen) writes:
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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.
- |>
- |> John Fippen married 43 years and still love my wife.
- |> email fippen@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu
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- THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
- kath
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