I just finished Frederick Backman’s latest book, My Friends. Its as much fun as he always is, but more than fun – also clever and thought provoking. At one point, he says (or his character says) that “we’re not like two magnets. We’re like two colors. Once they were mixed together there was no way of separating them.”
I stopped, and dog-eared the page (i didn’t have a pen handy). If you have a solid marriage, as I do, this might resonate….like two colors mixed together. how good is that?
There are things my wife is far better at than I. There are a few things that I am better at. Together we seem to get things done. Now that I am retired, the two colors are even more mixed together. We walk the dogs, play pickleball (i prefer tennis, but will take what i can), travel to be with the kids. I know we have been married for 40 years. I have no idea how long we will last, but hopefully for quite some time.
What will happen when one of us goes first? What about the colors? I can’t manage everything without her. The colors are already mixed and cannot be separated. Maybe she would do better than I if I go first. Hopefully the kids will help.
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