tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647425979151417363.post4146658254711795793..comments2023-08-17T17:34:11.644+10:00Comments on An Aussie in the World: MARRIAGES OF CONVENIENCERunning on empty http://www.blogger.com/profile/05668554083864151638noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647425979151417363.post-81346628027870798362017-01-31T07:05:38.265+11:002017-01-31T07:05:38.265+11:00I always find it really sweet watching really old ...<br />I always find it really sweet watching really old people walking along holding hands. I dont want to grow old, neither does hubby, but it's a nice thought anyway. There should be more couples rooms in nursing homes. <br /><br />My first hubby was a good friend of mine, though it didn't start that way, more a romance. This second hubby, it is more sparring partners, lol. Our daughter has hysterics of laughter if I try to give him first aid, or direct him in anything. He is "one out of the box" as we say here, unique. Running on empty https://www.blogger.com/profile/05668554083864151638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647425979151417363.post-26343108166094876322017-01-31T05:54:43.075+11:002017-01-31T05:54:43.075+11:00I think falling 'in love' is an ideal that...I think falling 'in love' is an ideal that time forces into reality. People make choices to marry based on one or the other but usually a mixture of both. I'm a secret romantic at heart but realism is my best friend and they are not always each other's! I've known people bang on about how marvellously 'in love' they are and once married find reality too hard and are divorced within months. I've known other people complain about partners for years but continue to stay together. I often think of people like different types of animals. Some are naturally homely and happy with one partner, others are best suited to brief encounters before moving on. I've always thought if I were an animal I'd be a homely cat. Independent, fussy, friendly and loveable sometimes and a bit scratchy and unpredictable at others. Funnily enough, I've often described my husband as a grumpy old lion, so maybe that's why we've lasted?<br />There's no foolproof recipe, or right or wrong reason. Love's like trying to isolate the perfect concoction for a human beings DNA.<br />They say you should marry your best friend and I'd agree but unfortunately I've always valued the friendship too much too risk one (and I've never actually 'fancied' one either). Lust has a lot to answer for!<br />Maybe arranged marriages aren't such a bad idea. Emotions (which new loves are often based on) are very unreliable and very changeable, as are our changing circumstances through life.<br />No surprise some people end up preferring animals really. People are just too complicated so when you try to enter into a life long committment to another one, that's almost impossibly difficult to sustain without problems. Most of us probably become aware of that somewhere along the way and stay put, hence the saying 'better the devil you know'.<br /><br />Fizzfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15690612271163437496noreply@blogger.com