The Big Aiyah

::legacy and love

I just finished dumping some depressing shit on my personal blog; about how none of us can really leave a lasting legacy. So of course this got me thinking about whether loving someone for an extended period of time can be considered a legacy.

I hear about these couples who have been together for 20+ number of years and they state that they are still in love. 20+ years! How come the longest I've ever been in that state is one and a half years max? Is it biological? I know it's not a male-thing because I know folks who are still in that love mode for over 5 years.

We have gyms and fads that help us get in better physical shape and hopefully lead us to a lifestyle of healthy living that we can enjoy. Where are the love gyms? I haven't seen a yoga mat of love at Walgreens. What about cardio-intimacy?

What I really want to know is after the intimacy, passion, and ecstacy of "being in love" subsides (or does it), is the love transformed into "best friend love". Or if one gets married does it become "family love"; where it goes unsaid but is tacit.

posted by evil rat @ 6:34 AM