If you're a lady concerned about dying an old maid, you really ought to take half a moment to read this short story. If you're too busy updating your online dating profile to read this, that's fine. But let me just break it down for you.This poor lil' wifey:
1) Thinks she's lost her beloved husband.
2) Mourns for 1/2 a second.
3) Realizes she really missed being a single lady.
4) Finds new joy in life for 1/2 a second.
5) Her hubby walks in the door.
6) She dies of disappointment.
How about that? Holy wow. If ever there was an argument against marriage, Chopin (Kate) has got it nailed: Don't get married because when your husband doesn't die you will die of sadness.
Also: did you know that Chopin (Fredrick) wrote the traditional funeral march? You know the one. (Dum Dum DaDum Dum DaDum DaDum DaDum)
This story warms the cockles region of my not-a-soul. I mentioned in my English Comp class that you see these couples around campus that are holding hands wherever they go, likely taking classes together because they are so codependent that they cannot stand the thought of being separate for even fifty minutes.
ReplyDeleteThey make me want to vomit on their intertwined fingers. They are just this blob of an entity with no demarcation point for separate identities. Yuck.
All of that is to say that I think Chopin would be with me on being grossed out by the extreme codependency some people participate in.
Point #1: http://cidutest.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/zits-kiss.gif
ReplyDeletePoint #2: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aa_IS0gTFiY/SbKxXtGiE7I/AAAAAAAAAFg/NuxyGSUqqjY/s320/immagine1wy0.png