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Nothing to say.
There are couples who sit through entire meals in very nice restaurants, without ever saying a word. On occasion, they glance out windows, read condiment labels, or examine loose threads on wobbly buttons. In recent years, they check their cell phones, right there at the table. I watch them with anxiety; is this what people do after they have been together for a long time? To me it seems wrong. But, that thought is judgmental, and who am I to judge? Perhaps this silence between them is hard won. Perhaps it signals acceptance, tranquility, love.
Baloney. I resist the urge to lean toward these thin lipped couples, snap my fingers near their face and ask, what's the deal? Are you mad at each other? If so, why bother coming out tonight? To me, mum meal partners are bored, resigned, taking each other for granted. These same people, I think, would complain bitterly if their teenagers sat wordless through a meal. Yet, look at them.
Researchers say these couples are suffering from a lack of excitement in their lives. Couple who engage in novel challenges together once in a while, they say, experience surges of dopamine and norepinephrine; the same chemicals that caused them to fall in love in the first place. The wise couples I talk to agree. They tell me that what keeps them together is doing new things together. They renovate rooms, take cooking classes, travel to new destinations, and yes, sometimes even scale mountains. In the midst of learning something new, or taking a risk, these individuals look over at their partner just as these excellent hormones provided by cupid himself, bathe their cells, and they think to themselves, "God I love you." And then they talk about it at dinner that night.
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"The status quo is unsustainable."
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Refer a wise couple to the "Wise For Love" Project
The mission of the
"Wise in Love" series is to illuminate the nature of love and
relationships through the lens of
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I welcome your referrals of
wise couples (please don't nominate yourself as my research depends on
referrals)-those plucky partners who are navigating life together quite
well
and who have an impact on others. These wise couples can be married or unmarried, gay or straight. Remember, wisdom is not always
associated with age or how long a couple has been together (some people
have
been together for a miserable long time). Please email me at elle@wisdomout.com
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