Love

Dude, why'd you have to go and make me cry? OK, I'm not bawling, but there are definitely some tears. That is an incredible story. I think that listening to them talk is like listening to the sound of love. It is totally selfless, you're right. I understand what he is saying, talking about how his wife lights up the room when she simply asks if he wants some more ice cream. It's weird, but those stupid, totally unromantic moments are what grab you, and what make you realize you love the woman you're with. I get the same feeling when C* changes the sheets and makes the bed look all nice, or if she makes up a word and just kind of uses it casually in a sentence without defining it. It is almost unexplainable to someone outside the relationship.

I want to be an old couple with C*. It's something we joke about, how we'll be still nagging each other and teasing each other when we're old and wrinkled. It's a comforting thought, to have her be with me throughout my life. And it breaks my heart when I think of dying. Odd, but either when I imagine dying or I imagine her dying, I always think about how I will miss her.