IlookoveratOtherHalfadollopofaffe。
“Iloveyou。”Isay。Nottooloud,mind,there’saplotdevelopingandIdon’twanttomissanything。
OtherHalfdoesn’tmoveamuscle。
“Hmm?”hemurmurs。
Isaid,“Iloveyou。”
OtherHalfheroicallytearshiseyesawayfromthes。
“Hmm?”herepeats。
“Ydeafinye,”Ipronounceloudlyandclearly。
&。
“Thanks。”hesays。Aerssomething。
“What?”Isay。
“Isaid,”heshouts,loudenhborstohear,“Youtalktooquietly。”
WhatIwanttoknowishowdoesadeofloveturherbattleofourperennial!
“No,You’retheOne>
Iwouldn’tmind,butI’mutterlycedthatOtherHalf’sdeafive。Wheioa—,enginevalvesorsomething—aall,clearasabell。
AndamItheonlyoneeriehefollowiion?
&ed):“Whattimeshallweleavetonight?”
OtherHalf(anxious):“Leavefht?”
Me(weary):“Tothetheatre。Itoldyouthreeweeksago。Awoweeksago。Ayesterday。Eachtimeloudertha。”
OtherHalf:“Idon’trememberyoutellingme。”
Me(veryclearly):“That’sbecauseyouen!”
OtherHalf:“Ilistehingyousay。Youmusthavejustfottentotellme。”
&ifullyprohaphore):“Iwantadivorce。”
Yousee?Aothetheatrereduaritaldisiioninminutes。
Hoere“g”heheardeverythingIsaid?icallysidehiseartogetthesameresponse。Hashe,likesomaherHalves,simplylearofswitgoffwhealksferthaedtime?Wheidevelopmentof“FiShoesForThatDress,”doeshejustseeme,mouthihim,whilesecretlypigwhatheisreallyiedin?
Myfriendfromworkhasexactlythesameproblemwithherhusbaslittlethingssuchasfriends’weddings,becauseheioldhimaboutthem。Thisisaftershe’sshowfit,showahimaowearforit。
Herasforhisadamaioelydidn’ttellhimandthenshesaysquietly,“OnedayI’llsaysomethingimportant。”
Invariably,herhusbahis。Asfarashe’sed,hispointisproved。Heneverhearsherpune,whichshedeliversasshewalksoutoftheroom。
“LikewhenI’mleavingyouformytoyboy。”
Hear,hear!
有这样一幅场景画面:我和我的伴侣坐在电视机前看节目。一种短暂而强烈的家庭幸福感袭遍全身,我所有的烦恼很快消失了。
我转过头深情地望着我的另一半,有一股强烈的感情产生。