Living With A Boy

You see balled up socks everywhere. He (thinks he) sees tampons everywhere.

He constantly drops spare change and doesn’t pick it up. You implement a strict Finders Keepers policy and can now afford weekly Wilensky Specials.

You drag your feet for hours re: dinner prep, yielding minimal to zero results. He gets home and has something whipped up in under 45 minutes.

He buys a new flannel top. You secretly inherit his old one, but only wear it when he’s not around to catch you.

You suspect he uses your fancy face wash sometimes. He now knows you borrow his clothes without asking, so things are basically even.

Love is Strange

We watched Love is Strange last week. It was a thing of beauty.

The story is very simple: The two main characters get married, and soon thereafter need to find a new home. Money is very tight (Alfred Molina's character loses his job; from what I understood, Jon Lithgow receives a meager senior pension), so friends/family help by taking them into their homes. Separately.

In theory, this movie could have veered cheesy, or beat you over the head with melancholy. In reality, it was beautiful and subtle and touching. The one-two punch of story and performance showed a gentle, honest relationship between two people who know each other (and love each other) in that way unique to couples who've been side-by-side for a long time. You see friendship, understanding, aggravation, affection. You see two men who are pulled apart by circumstance, but whose love is far too strong to be shattered. (The movie offers a nice lesson in patience, too.)

Watch the trailer. See the movie!! You'll only find things to love about it. (I already want to see it again.)

Photos c/o IMDB

Trailer c/o Youtube

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Lemme try getting the chronology right.

 

1st: December 2009, Josh's birthday (the first one we celebrated together!)

2nd: March 2010, Jen's birthday

3rd: September 2010, or 2011, I don't remember (probably because we were drunk)

4th: Fall 2012, apple picking & desert eating

5th: Valentine's 2014, brunch at the Ritz Carlton

6th: May 2014, B&J Factory in Vermont

7th: August 30 2014, closing out our fifth year of pickleship at the Arcade Fire concert