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analog · 06-22-2007, 01:45 AM

I don't see why love can't last forever, or why we should assume it can't/won't, but I'm a hopeless romantic.

Little story: People my grandparents knew celebrated their 78th anniversary a few years ago. They'd been married since they were 17. About 5 months later, the wife died. Chalked up to natural causes, as she was healthy- they both were. The husband died the next day. The family had an autopsy done (though God knows why, it's not like it's a mystery when a 96 year old dies). Autopsy: Natural causes. Now, that's either incredible timing, or her death literally broke his heart. They had both died in their sleep.

78 years is a long time. That was love. It can last forever, and it sometimes does last forever. I'm more in the "it can, and it will" camp. I'm not assuming that love will falter, I'm going to keep believing that it goes on.

06-22-2007, 01:45 AM	#23 (permalink)
analog Banned	I don't see why love can't last forever, or why we should assume it can't/won't, but I'm a hopeless romantic. Little story: People my grandparents knew celebrated their 78th anniversary a few years ago. They'd been married since they were 17. About 5 months later, the wife died. Chalked up to natural causes, as she was healthy- they both were. The husband died the next day. The family had an autopsy done (though God knows why, it's not like it's a mystery when a 96 year old dies). Autopsy: Natural causes. Now, that's either incredible timing, or her death literally broke his heart. They had both died in their sleep. 78 years is a long time. That was love. It can last forever, and it sometimes does last forever. I'm more in the "it can, and it will" camp. I'm not assuming that love will falter, I'm going to keep believing that it goes on. Last edited by analog; 06-22-2007 at 01:56 AM..