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It was the era of cordless phones. My household had 2 phones. One corded that had the longest cord in history. I had stretched it so long that I could walk around the entire bottom level easily while in coversation. And then we had a cordless phone that’s battery power rarely kept up with my talking ability.
One night while chatting on the phone, I heard the familiar beep of the dying phone battery. I ignored it knowing it would last a little longer as it always does. I don’t even know what we were talking about but I do remember the point of conversation when the phone started to die. Apparently that beep gave us a sudden boost of courage because he told me he loved me. I said I love you too. We sighed in the emotion. And then I began the words slowly “I love you enough to….” and the phone died. The familiar static sound filled the line and our conversation was over. He called me back in a frantic. What were you going to say, I love you enough to what? I told him we were cursed. It was a sign. That I should just keep it to myself and I did.
I think he knew what I was going to say. How could he not? But a few weeks later as we were driving in his car, our conversation took a funny turn. We were laughing about something and he turns to me and says “you make me laugh, that’s why I married you!” Confused, I give him a look. And he stops and says I mean, that’s why I date you. And that moment on, I knew he loved me enough to marry me too.
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