19 Years of Subtext
He doesn’t socialize on Fridays,
It took us 5 years to get engaged,
We waivered on children until it was almost too late,
He offered to take time off this week but I declined,
Therapists sometimes experience empathy fatigue, you know,
Her powerpoint convinced him about the dog,
I am not one for routines,
Every now and then I drink too much and dance all night,
He does not believe in soulmates,
He emptied my four drains every few hours faithfully for two weeks,
Every relationship serves a purpose,
He would be sad if I died of course, but he would survive,
He has shown me a multitude of graces,
She takes after me which compounds things of course,
He has reminders for various filter changes set monthly in his phone calendar,
I keep him on his toes,
He keeps my heels dug in,
He proposed in a botanical garden,
That is also a graveyard.
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“Every relationship serves a purpose.” I love this.
Love it! You did the homework!
I really enjoyed reading this. The back and forth feel to it made it really fun. Didn’t see the ending coming at all!
Wow, this is really good. Thank you