Happily ever after
Perhaps its the aquarian nature. Perhaps, someone has rub off his bitterness on me. I had lunch with a colleague.
C: But aren't you lonely? Aren't you afraid of dying alone?
Me: Could be better. But I have no need for it to get worse. I am at peace. And quite happy. Yes I hang out with couples. If they get to me, I just hang out with singles. Or, couples who behave like singles.
C: I don't know, I just want things to be happily ever after.
I smiled a wry smile. That sounds so much like me, when I was his age.
Me: Good on you. Keep holding on to that. Being able to believe in a fairytale takes a lot of faith.
C: But I don't seem to get any luck.
Me: That's the price you have to pay. Everything has an admission ticket.
C: You mean you don't believe in happily ever after?
Me: I do, and I also believe its rare. You knight in shining armour may pass you by in beggar clothes cos he just did his laundry. Do you keep your eyes open? I know I don't.
C: *shakes head
Me: Kiddo, for every happily ever/walking into the sunset etc you read, you must remember, there is always a little matchgirl, or the little mermaid.
Like I said, it takes a lot of faith to believe in happily every after.
I'm beginning to sound like someone I loathe and used to love.
C: But aren't you lonely? Aren't you afraid of dying alone?
Me: Could be better. But I have no need for it to get worse. I am at peace. And quite happy. Yes I hang out with couples. If they get to me, I just hang out with singles. Or, couples who behave like singles.
C: I don't know, I just want things to be happily ever after.
I smiled a wry smile. That sounds so much like me, when I was his age.
Me: Good on you. Keep holding on to that. Being able to believe in a fairytale takes a lot of faith.
C: But I don't seem to get any luck.
Me: That's the price you have to pay. Everything has an admission ticket.
C: You mean you don't believe in happily ever after?
Me: I do, and I also believe its rare. You knight in shining armour may pass you by in beggar clothes cos he just did his laundry. Do you keep your eyes open? I know I don't.
C: *shakes head
Me: Kiddo, for every happily ever/walking into the sunset etc you read, you must remember, there is always a little matchgirl, or the little mermaid.
Like I said, it takes a lot of faith to believe in happily every after.
I'm beginning to sound like someone I loathe and used to love.