Friday, November 1, 2019

Romantic


My husband came from a farming family. They often had little money. He had good parents who taught him the value of hard work and treating people with respect. 

My family moved often. We often had little money. I had good parents who taught me to work hard and to treat people with respect.

We did not know it at the time. We had only been seeing each other for a short time. 

At that time seeing each other meant going to an occasional drive-in movie or driving 'the loop' downtown. The loop was the activity most often because it was cheaper. And all our friends were doing the same thing.

One night we were driving the loop and my husband wanted to take a break. He drove to a little neighborhood grocery store near where his brother lived. He told me he would be right back and ran into the store.

He came back out with a small paper bag. In it were two large oranges. One was for me.

He presented it with a great flourish. He thought those oranges were the most exotic things he ever had and wanted to share them with me.

It was the most romantic thing that ever happened to me.

What was your most romantic moment?

10 comments:

  1. I'm still waiting for the MOST romantic moment. I could report some near misses.
    But would rather tell you this.


    You are a corn fed Nebraska girl
    Corn Flakes are your treaties
    I'm a wheat fed Kansas gal
    And much prefer my Wheaties

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    1. I like corn... on the cob. Never did like corn flakes but I love Wheaties.

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  2. That is such a sweet story. You knew you had a winner then.

    My Retired Man is not a romantic but has done a lot of kind, out of the blue, things throughout our 52 years together. One that stands out was when I was very low because my mom was terribly sick and I was driving over a hundred miles a day to be with her. He knew how I liked Andrea Bocelli and he surprised me with expensive tickets that I would never buy because of the price. He was not a fan but did that to make me happy. Andrea was wonderful but MRM was awesome.

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    1. To me that was a very romantic gesture. He knew that would lift your spirits and even though he was not a fan he put you first.

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  3. That is a wonderful and romantic story.

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    1. Thank you. A truly romantic gesture is a simple action. A big fancy dinner is having someone else make the preparations and you taking credit for it. It needs to come from the heart.

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  4. What a special gift! God bless you both.

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  5. First time visiting your blog and commenting. This was such a sweet story! I bet the orange tasted good too! At the time I didn't think it was romantic, but looking back it was pretty romantic. Our first Valentine's Day as a married couple, hubby came home with an ironing board. I was hoping for jewelry or flowers, LOL, but in reality, it was a very romantic thoughtful gift as we didn't have an ironing board at the time and I would iron my work clothes on the floor. So it was very thoughtful :)

    betty

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    1. A gift from the heart is romantic. It does not matter what it is. Welcome. I have visited your blog and it is a good one.

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