An unlikely conversation between Romeo and Juliet

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Lasting Love #7

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Says Juliet

Enchantment and surrender is the secret sauce, Romeo, for lasting love.

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Says Romeo

I got it, Juliet. But the people playing it safe, do they not prefer commitment, like that of a formal marriage?

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Says Juliet

Perhaps, Romeo. But a marriage commitment without ongoing romance is not going to last, you know.

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Says Romeo

I know it, Juliet. Have seen plenty of poor relationships. Many folks resort to porn because of a lack of ongoing erotic love.

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Says Juliet

Genuine romance, Romeo, not erotic love. You and your erotic love...

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Says Romeo

Okay. Then, when romance dies, so do the delights. And great sex is no substitute for that.

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Says Juliet

True. But, how then do these marriages of courtesy and commitment come to last?

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Says Romeo

In the past, they were kept too often as a front while extramarital affairs satisfied lovers' cravings.

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Says Romeo

Nowadays, people just divorce. You know, they are looking for a love they can live with.

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Says Juliet

I see. That's not us, though. We had real tender feelings for each other, and probable committment.

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Says Romeo

Say that again, Juliet! Nobody prodded us into some kind of loving.  Wonder what love will be for people in a thousand years?

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* Having simultaneous conflicting reactions, beliefs, or feelings towards some object.

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Says Romeo

Will people ever get over their ambivalences* regarding love and life?

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Says Juliet

Will people ever understand love and life without ambiguity*?

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Say Pollyanna and Augustine

Romeo and Juliet, your fancy words make us feel squeezy. Can you not talk more about our love of God?

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Says Romeo

Well, ahem...  As two youthful grown-ups, we know that our audience is curious about amorous love.  ...