By Toby Tucker Hecht
When they first met, there was nothing they couldn’t talk about and had conversations late into the night before lovemaking.
Now they can’t talk about religion because she became a believer and he was not.
And they can’t talk about politics, because he became a rigid fiscal conservative, while she was charitable and believed in government programs for the poor.
They also can’t talk about money because she, getting older, was a saver, while he, a fatalist, felt he would never live long enough to enjoy retirement.
Now all they can talk about is the cat. And then the cat died.
It’s truly sad how relationships die.
Great job.
Nice way to show the disintegration of a relationship. Great story. 🙂
I liked it. A conclusive ending.
Really good read.
So much said, representing so many relationships, in so few words. Amazing and thought provoking.
Very good and concise.That first heady talking about everything to the devolution to the inability to connect at all is sad, but real. This is so very well done in so few words.
Well done! It took John Cheever hundreds of pages to describe the anatomy of a marriage but you did it in 101 words.