Running Towards Trends

I was in the gym last weekend getting ready to run my errands. It's always interesting to listen to the ladies (who are doing the same thing) talk about different subjects. Of course, I acted like I was going about my business but was truly listening to one of the most crazy conversations I've ever heard.

Both ladies were talking about this new marriage trend. They talked about how the husband and wife didn't live together but had been married for years. I didn't listen closely enough to know if one of the women had a relationship like that...but it sure did perk my ears to hear that this was a new trend. Although it didn't make much sense to me (who wants to live apart from someone they love), but it intrigued me.

And then, taking a couple of mins break from my busy day, I found this on MSN:

"We've been married for 15 years, but we'd never still be together if we lived under one roof. My husband and I are very Oscar and Felix. I'm a slob, and he's incredibly neat and anal. In addition, our tastes are very different. His place has a gloomy, scary Norman Bates thing going on; my place is very light, airy, don't-worry-be-happy-ish. And then there's also the matter of lifestyle. He is extremely noise-sensitive. My husband is a former opera singer and lives in what was once a music studio. So, his digs are soundproof. He sleeps well there but cannot sleep at my place. So we never moved in together. We do have two noisy six-year-old twin sons.

It may seem odd, but we see each other every single day — he tucks the boys in at night, and we have the occasional sleepover for the obvious reasons. My belief is this: Marriage is hard enough, even if you do have the same taste in slipcovers. But when you have different tastes, why compromise it if you don't have to? The common thing between us is love, and isn't that the most important thing?" — Judith Newman, 40, New York City, author of You Make Me Feel Like An Unnatural Woman (taken from http://lifestyle.msn.com/relationships/articlematch.aspx?cp-documentid=16947056&gt1=32023)

I don't know how you feel on the subject. Quite frankly, I am not sure how I feel on the subject but it seems like we are all getting a little liberal in our old age (speaking from the worlds perspective). Despite my unsettling feelings, the lovely thoughts of Maz and I actually working came flooding into my head...and as fast as they came...I made them leave!