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“Sometimes we think we love when we don’t love. A lot of people say they are in love but really we were young and we really didn’t know what love was all about. But afterward we found out what love was! Love is sharing with one another. Don’t care what you have you share what you have. And be willing to give. Another thing I tell people now is that you have to be able to bend a little bit. Yes, love is a powerful thing. If you know what it means.”
You know that real fire! And here was Sylvia — firey as anything.”
Moe: “We’ve been married for 66 years. We met in high school when I was 16 years old and my wife was 15 years old. And we’ve gone through life together. The love we feel now is a different type of love. It is a mature love. In the beginning, of course, there was a sexual attraction but right now sex has very little to do with it. But we love each other very much. Everyday my wife expresses her love to me. Everyday she says, Did I tell you how much I love you today? Everyday. Everyday she says that.”
Gloria: “I was the kind of girl that fell in love right away. So the next day I would tell my friend, terrific, I’m in love already! But after my first date with Sol I did not feel that way. I think it only proved to this day that you can’t judge right away. It may not work out but as you get to know a person love comes.”
We walk on the boardwalk 3 miles each day. At 2 o’clock we watch the news. I like to read books and he reads newspapers and books. What is the secret to love? A secret is a secret and I don’t reveal my secrets!”
Esther: “Now is supposed to be the best time and we are so afraid because we are losing people. So we love each other more. We worry about each other. You know, sometimes I say something and he reads my mind. They say you sleep on one pillow you get one idea. And I think that is what happened. We think alike, we sometimes dress alike. We put out the clothes and we dress the same way. It’s the years. The years.”
I would say love came little by little. Not right away. We were young and he was older but I liked him. He spoke to me in a very nice way. We have two children. A boy and a girl.”
I said, you know what Dolores? I’m going to marry that guy. She said, what are you talking about? And I said, I liked the way he kissed me. Honest to God. And when you think about it, how many years back that is! I said I like the way he kissed me and I’m gonna marry him.”
My feeling was that if I made a mistake it would be my mistake and I’d only have myself to blame. If I didn’t marry him and I didn’t meet anyone else that equalled the way I felt for him I would always blame my family. So I took it upon myself to say yes.”
Angie: “You don’t really think about getting older. First of all, you’re aging together and when you see a person constantly you don’t notice big changes. You don’t notice, oh, you are getting a little wrinkle here and tomorrow you say it’s a little deeper. Those are things that just happen. You don’t pay attention to those things. I mean, I am not thinking everyday, oh my husband is 83 years old and my goodness I am married to an old man! And I hope he feels that way too.”
Esmagador!
Beijinhos,
Sofia
Achei fabuloso!