the concept of a forever love.
today whilst i was at work an elderly woman was discussing with me that she was celebrating her 60th anniversary with her husband and when i asked what age they got together she said 21 and that’s what had me wondering, what constitutes the long term aspect of a true love.
in todays society the concept of ‘situationships’ and ‘talking stages’ really dim the idea of having something more than short term with another person, for me hearing that this woman had been stuck with the same man for 60 years it sounded like hell for me and all i could think about was how they’re both certainly unhappy, surely you can’t be happy staying with someone for that long…but maybe you could be?
maybe the ‘hoe culture’ stems people’s ideas that if they’re ’locked down’ they won’t be able to experiment with others but i think when you’re truly in love with someone you wouldn’t need to do that.
it’s so normal to see how our parents, grandparents etc have been married/together for so many years and we never question it, because it’s just them but is it the change in traditions and times that explains why the younger generations hate the idea of long term or is it just society has got so bored and finds it impossible that you could actually be married to the man you met at 21 for the rest of your life?