I have a new theory why couples who are together a long time don't speak to eachother. It's got nothing to do with running out of things to say. It's caused by the fact that you start reading eachother's minds so often that you forget to speak aloud.
It starts out innocently. You both say "So, you want Pizza tonight" at the same time and you laugh and think that's pretty funny. Then it spreads. A typical conversation begins to lack nouns and verbs.
"Honey, where's the...."
"In the closet"
"Why"
"Nathan"
"K"
Still you think it's normal and no cause for alarm. Then come the days when he picks up the phone to call his parents, and you start getting the kids ready to go, because you know he's calling to make plans for dinner at their house. Or he turns out the only light in the bedroom without asking first, because he knows you're only reading because he's reading. Or you see him standing forlornly in the living room, and hand him the keys/mp3/sunglasses that you realize he misplaced before he even asks about it. Hopefully the code of silence breaks enough at this point for a "Thank you", but no guarantees.
And this is after just 12 yrs of marriage, how bad will it be at 25 or 50?
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How "bad" will it be? No, sounds good to me! What a sweet post. Thank you! Mark and I still talk so much, but we are starting the to know what the other wants without words.
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