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[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

To be young and in love.

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[an-instant-star.livejournal.com]

How old are you?

[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

Fifty seven. I don't consider myself 'old' by any stretch of the imagination, but my son is in love and listening to him go on and on made me a touch nostalgic.

[an-instant-star.livejournal.com]

Okay, so how old is your son?

[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

Jason is 21.

[an-instant-star.livejournal.com]

And you think he's too young to be in love? I was 15 when I fell in love.

[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

I would like to see my son in love with a suitable person. This girl simply is not for him.

[an-instant-star.livejournal.com]

And what do you class as a suitable person?

[hell-of-heaven.livejournal.com]

Jason has a girlfriend? How daring of him.

[hell-of-heaven.livejournal.com]

Mm. Although I confess to being too terrified to really enjoy it at the time.

[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

Though really, that is part of the sweetness of it, is it not? Fear and longing combined with passionate intensity.

[hell-of-heaven.livejournal.com]

And you don't think we can recapture that at our current stage of life?

[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

I think it possible to approximate it but the innocence of it all is lost.

[hell-of-heaven.livejournal.com]

Oh, Geneviève. We were never innocent.

[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

Perhaps not, but still, I do not think it's possible to fully recreate that at our age.

[hell-of-heaven.livejournal.com]

Still, it's very enjoyable to try.

[fondofaccidents.livejournal.com]

Those were the days. And then she got pregnant.

[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

Yes, that is how this story ends so much of the time.

[fondofaccidents.livejournal.com]

Hey, I married her! And it's been twenty-five years, so I gotta be doing something right.

[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

My apologies, I am in something of a snit. I didn't intend to be rude.

[fondofaccidents.livejournal.com]

Nah, it's not you, ma'am. Just me sort of marveling at how she puts up with me considering. Of course if my son would stop being a slacker that would be even better.

[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

Twenty-five years is quite the milestone. Congratulations, you must be doing something very right. My son can be a bit of a 'slacker' if not given a goal. Right now he's stopped pursuing his higher education and taken a job as a football coach in a small high school. Personally I would like to see him in graduate school.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

I'm more than happy to be old and in love, thank you.

[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

The love between a husband and wife is precious.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is. Though I don't suspect you know much about that.

[genevieveteague.livejournal.com]

I beg your pardon?