You are never too old for romance...

I saw 'Something's Gotta Give' last weekend, a movie starred by Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, and Keanu Reeves (who actually looked surprisingly normal in this movie). Didn't want to watch it at first, but when I saw it I was glad I did. There are 2 major things I learned from this movie :

1) You are never too old for love

2) Taking Viagra and nitroglycerin can kill you (hahahah! - let's see if I can impress my consultant with THAT piece of info!)

Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton positively sizzled on screen! (I can't help laughing when I think about the scene when Keaton took Nicholson's blood pressure in the middle of....*ehem*....okay! Moving along....).

I loved how the movie ended. If it went the other way, well...hmmmm...

I guess I've not reached THAT level of liberal thinking....

Anyways, diverting into another direction a little bit, I can say as a matter of fact that love is very much alive even in old age. There's this elderly patient in one of the hospital wards I frequently go to, a very sweet old lady who always smiles when you pass her bed. Everyday, I see her husband coming to visit her, a man just as good-natured. He does everything for her, cleans the table after she finishes her meal, and just hangs around the ward just to be with her. I saw this couple the other day, the lady sitting in her chair and her husband at the edge of the bed, reading newspaper. Keeping each other company. Like it's like the most natural thing in the world, in a setting such as the hospital.

That reminds me of the song in 'The Wedding Singer'. You know, the Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore film. I think it's one of the sweetest romance-comedy movies ever.

Grow Old With You

I wanna make you smile

Whenever you're sad

Carry you around when your arthritis is bad

All I wanna do is grow old with you

I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches

Build you a fire if the furnace breaks

It would be so nice, growin' old with you

I'll miss you, kiss you

Give you my coat when you are cold

I'll need you, feed you

Even let you hold the remote control

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink

Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink

Oh I could be the man who grows old with you

I wanna grow old with you

(sung by Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) to Julia Sullivan (Drew Barrymore))

This song is dedicated to Kak Nora and her fiance, who just got engaged. They say that love is blind, and marriage is an eye-opener *grins*. But I don't think that love is blind. Love is the willingness to turn a blind eye to another's imperfections. When you know somebody and accept him wholeheartedly, despite all his faults, then that is love. Of course, he might have certain habits that drive you absolutely up the wall, like forgetting the simplest things you ask him to do but heck, if you feel that despite that you're willing to spend the rest of your life with him, then it's for keeps.