I didn’t want an expensive ring.
I just needed one thing – to hear that after ten years he really chose me.
I booked a table in a good restaurant.
At dinner, gathering courage, I said calmly:
“Michael, maybe we should finally get married? Even if it’s just a little ceremony for our loved ones.’
He’s gone.
He put down the fork.
And then he laughed.
I’ll never forget that laugh.
“Laura, are you serious?”
“Yes.”
He shook his head.
“I’ll never marry you.”
I felt like I had gotten in the face.
“Why?”
He leaned back in the chair and calmly replied:
“Because it’s just a card paper. We already live like husband and wife.”
Office supplies
And then he added a few more words.
And they made me realize that for the last ten years I have seen our relationship very differently than he did.
