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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Oh dear, Sharron, those two! I feel they have a pressing need to COMMUNICATE...

A great story under a great title - love love love!

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Thank you, Rebecca. I wanted to leave this one ambiguous. We don't really know who is at fault here, but you have pegged it exactly. Everything is on hold until they talk it out

Rebecca Holden's avatar

I hesitate to say that I had coloured myself all judgmental in my view of HIM, and then realised that hang on a second, there are TWO in this tango....!

Meg Oolders's avatar

I'm a big fan of apologies. And forgiveness.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Thanks, sweet girl!

Yael Gelardin's avatar

Being bitter is poison!

Sharron Bassano's avatar

I think you are right, Yael. Like rage, it is all pervasive.

Bill Adler's avatar

You captured the essence of emotion.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Oh! Thanks for saying that, Bill. You are very kind. These little stories, with their constraint, look easy, but they are not. They are such excellent practice in separating wheat from chaff.

Kate Henry's avatar

Better yet, just say outloud HEY I need an appology here.

Linda Brown's avatar

Good!

Janice Walton's avatar

Not the best of ideas. - he could be waiting a long time.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

He sure could. Maybe a little compromising is called for?What a concept!

Jim Cummings's avatar

People waste many of the beautiful days of their lives focusing on petty disagreements. Better to take a walk together in silence and let the Spring breeze work it's magic.

Justin Deming's avatar

This seems like the best course of action. Excellent story, Sharron—the picture is a perfect pairing!

Sharron Bassano's avatar

This is the best idea ever. Wait it out together. Might work out, might not, but at least the sunshine was not wasted.

Switter’s World's avatar

I like your stories a lot. Tolstoy, Ayn Rand, Steven King, Dostoyevsky and Edward Gibbon could learn much from you. Also, anyone who writes books about Hitler.

On Douglas Adams’ planet Lemuella, writers simply stopped writing, I believe, on page 800, regardless of how the plot was progressing. There is some virtue in that approach, too. I don’t know if they wrote sequels.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Thanks for your comment, Mr Switter, about the length of my stories. I have written one 260-page story. It took A LOT of time. I 'll not try that again. I dedicate my time now to pieces of 50 words, up to six chapters. The closer I get to death, the shorter my work becomes it seems. I am so old, I don't even buy unripe bananas.

Karen Kenworthy's avatar

The title has so many meanings. At least he’s very handsome😅, and probably intellectual (depending on his reading material). I’m going to assume he perks up and finds a better match.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

X-Men comic books? Tolstoy? Your solution is certainly an option! Glad you noticed the many meanings of"still life".

Karen Kenworthy's avatar

Definitely Tolstoy!

Thomas O'Donnell's avatar

.. th poor lad.. thoughts n prayers eh .. 🦎🏴‍☠️🎬

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Ah, well, maybe she's had enough. Communication may be a little off.

Kate Henry's avatar

He mights 's well be really reading. He could be there a very long time. Long enough to wonder if its worth getting another appology or just parting ways.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Or just forgiving her whatever the transgression was? Lots of options are better than sulking.

T. D. Wolf's avatar

Not a recipe for a good relationship.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Holding grudges probably does NO one any good. However... in this case, we don't know. Did she forget to buy ice cream? Or did she lose the $400 concert tickets? Or cheat on him? Best not to judge, maybe.

Feasts and Fables's avatar

Sharply observed.

Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

Better to be sweet than bitter, take some sugar with that coffee.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yes! Life is very short.

A.T. Symeonidis's avatar

This looks so peaceful and totally quiet. Bliss.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yes. Too bad he is making the choice not to enjoy it!

A.T. Symeonidis's avatar

Ι wish I could enjoy similar surroundings... maybe I'd be a bit happier and not as sick and depressed as I am... (sniff)

Sharron Bassano's avatar

I feel for your situation, AT.

A.T. Symeonidis's avatar

Thanks, Sharron.... every kind word counts more than you can believe (sniff)