It's A Bit Like Saying I Love You

Love is never having to say ‘I love you’. Growing up in an environment where ILY was not a regular comment, I guess I attach different significance to the phrase than some today. Kissing was something that elderly Aunts did to you at Christmas (oh, the smell of advocaat and Lily of the Valley) and Love was something that you saved up ages for in order to lavish on one girl. Or boy…whatever

It’s A Bit Like Tennis – hearing Love all the time and not being part of the game.

Today it’s gone the way of the Zimbabwe Dollar; thrown around with gay abandon, offered to anyone who happens to be listening. People on Facebook and Bebo tell each other that they love them, people sign leaving cards with ‘lots of love’ when they hardly know the other person. We’re in a post-East-Enders time warp where everybody calls anybody ‘darling’ or ‘sweetheart’.

It’s a great thing that we all have our own currency and we know what it buys.

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“Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.” Anon