Life needs companion.

Jolie 2022-04-22 07:01:04

What's the point of marriage?
Get married, then live together day after day, then have kids, then kids go to school, graduate, marry and have your grandchildren, then a solid death for you finally.
"I don't see the values ~"

Yeah, that's a dilema/confusion a guy got into the night before wedding. What's point of all those crap? As short and simple as it forms, life needs a companion.
To my understanding, it doesn't necessarily have to be a Mr/Ms Right to be that one around, all the time. A friend, a roommate or even a dog/cat would count. But, well, that's just my current philosophy, with little hop-in-marriage pressure on the back yet~

Back to the romance theme. When inviting someone to get on board with you, sometimes, it doesn't have to take a dead serious "I love you". If it's too hard for you to untie your tongue to pop out the 3 damn words, here comes a face-saving but still sweet alternative: If I have to get a +1, I'd like you to be it.

Talking about companionship, it is perfect when LOVE is the glue that bounds you up. Nevertheless, it still would be great if it is just "cozy mutual enjoyment".

Wait...am I dragged down to a lower level of expectation by the smooth and comfortable bubble the story blows?

Finally, quoted entirely from another review which is way shorter and better than mine/the one you are reading right now,
“Loneliness is a carnival of one person, and a carnival is the loneliness of a group of people.”



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  • Karina 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    It's still a reality in the cloud

  • Scot 2022-03-24 09:01:22

    A compulsory course in life.

Up in the Air quotes

  • [as Ryan and Natalie enter the Hilton Miami Airport Hotel]

    Natalie Keener: How about just not dying alone?

    Ryan Bingham: Starting when I was 12, we moved each one of my grandparents into a nursing facility. My parents went the same way. Make no mistake, we all die alone. Now those cult members in San Diego, with the sneakers and the Kool-Aid, they didn't die alone. I'm just saying there are options.

    [Natalie starts to cry]

    Ryan Bingham: Oh, fuck.

    Natalie Keener: [sobs] Brian left me.

    [Natalie is sobbing hysterically and hugs Ryan then comforts her and calms her down]

    Ryan Bingham: All right. Okay, okay. All right. All right.

  • [Ryan meets Alex Goran for the first time at a hotel bar]

    Ryan Bingham: Are you satisfied with Maestro?

    Alex Goran: Yeah, I am.

    Ryan Bingham: A little stingy with their miles. I like Hertz.

    Alex Goran: No, Hertz keeps its vehicles too long. If a car has over 20,000 miles, I won't drive it.

    Ryan Bingham: Maestro doesn't instant checkout. I like to park and go.

    Alex Goran: Hertz doesn't guarantee navigation.

    Ryan Bingham: It's funny. You don't seem like a girl who needs directions.

    Alex Goran: Oh, I hate asking for directions. That's why I get a nav.

    Ryan Bingham: That new outfit, Colonial, it's not bad.

    Alex Goran: [impressed and flattered] Is that a joke?

    Ryan Bingham: Yes.

    Alex Goran: Because their kiosk placement blows.

    Ryan Bingham: They never have available upgrades.

    Alex Goran: Basically, it's a fleet of shit-boxes. I don't know how they're still in business.

    Ryan Bingham: I'm Ryan.

    Alex Goran: I'm Alex.