The singing group, the Associations, had a good song called "Never My Love". I've been thinking about it for the last two days. The first line goes "you ask me if they'll come a time when I'll grow tired of you." The reprise is "never my love, never my love." This leads me to the wonderment of what constitutes getting tired of someone you love?
Afterall, when you have been married more than half your life like I have and you're pass the half century mark, that's a long time. One gets tired of their cars, their furniture, their hairdo, and many other things, so why not a long, familiar spouse? Sex isn't new or terribly exciting anymore either. You might even be able to finish each other's sentences and if you are lucky enough to be married to a funny person, you probably already know the punchlines to their jokes.
Frankly, getting tired of a spouse after many years is a distinct possibility. In today's society, it appears to be happening earlier and earlier in marriages. Disengagement, disconnection as well as disappointment occurs sooner than later according to divorce statistics. It drives couples apart and who knows why other couples can keep the "d" words at bay. What does it take to keep a marriage interesting, fresh and exciting after decades of familiarity? Or is it really necessary anyway when you are in love and committed to grow old together? After I have been married for 50 years, I'll let you know.
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