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Surely, I can't be the only 40-something whose fantasies have undergone a certain evolution. I would call it a maturation process, but somehow that makes me feel depressed. So now I just say "it is what it is."
Here is another thing that is what it is: You know how, when you go to Cracker Barrel, you see those old married couples who say NOTHING to one another for the entire meal? They're not looking at smart phones, either. Apparently, they just ran out of things to say.
Anyway, my fantasy is that when my husband and I are retired and finish a meal at Cracker Barrel, he will follow me adoringly around the gift store. I imagine him holding up a ceramic lamp in the shape of a chicken and saying, "Honey, you are the light of my life. I am so fortunate that you are my wife, I would do anything for you. Would you like this chicken lamp?"
David and I don't eat much at Cracker Barrel but he IS retired. Hate to disillusion you -- the lamp fantasy. Probably not going to happen. However, I can honestly say that being older, with grown kids, and now a grandchild, is a really, really interesting and, for us at least, very satisfying time of life! I bet it will be for you, too....
ReplyDeleteThanks Staphanie for the encouragement!
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