Citation de missmolko1
Most unhappy couples, I suspect, are unable to identify the moment their relationship begins to disintegrate; when closeness turns to distance and banter becomes thinly disguised contempt. I, on the other hand, can pinpoint exactly when my marriage began to crumble.
Our life together had seemed effortless up to that point, as if we were swimming side by side in a calm river. But then the surface of the water changed. We hit the rapids and we were wrenched apart. Now we can see each other in the distance, but we seem unable or unwilling to steer ourselves back into still waters, together.
It’s one year to the day, almost to the hour, since we began to hurtle in opposite directions, and now it feels as if there is nothing to cling to, no rescue in sight.
Yet we have never discussed it, because to acknowledge it we would have to refer to the event that tore us apart.
And we would have to talk about Alex.
Our life together had seemed effortless up to that point, as if we were swimming side by side in a calm river. But then the surface of the water changed. We hit the rapids and we were wrenched apart. Now we can see each other in the distance, but we seem unable or unwilling to steer ourselves back into still waters, together.
It’s one year to the day, almost to the hour, since we began to hurtle in opposite directions, and now it feels as if there is nothing to cling to, no rescue in sight.
Yet we have never discussed it, because to acknowledge it we would have to refer to the event that tore us apart.
And we would have to talk about Alex.
