What an old couple we are!
By Fleur
@Fleura (29128)
United Kingdom
April 13, 2022 4:51pm CST
We never seem to have much spare time, normally we’re busy in the evenings, then it’s dinner, clearing up and getting the girls into bed, finishing some work and then bed for us as well.
But this week my partner has a few days off work and Big One is away on a residential course for the week. Now Little One is in bed after a busy day and we are sitting by the fire (it was a pleasantly mild day but the evenings are still chilly), he with his book and me with my knitting.
It made me laugh when I looked up and suddenly realised how like a traditional old couple we are!
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
13 Apr 22
Uhm... aren't you both ancient, though? 
We all fall into certain habits and, unless something shakes us out of those habits, we continue them for the rest of our lives. *shrug* At least you know everything is stable and you're all happy, right? 
We all fall into certain habits and, unless something shakes us out of those habits, we continue them for the rest of our lives. *shrug* At least you know everything is stable and you're all happy, right? 1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
14 Apr 22
@Fleura Oh, that could still happen. I don't think the rest of the world would help either one of our countries any more than they're actually helping Ukraine.
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@Fleura (29128)
• United Kingdom
14 Apr 22
@DaddyEvil Everyone is just watching and waiting too see what will happen. Just like a fight in the school playground : (
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
22 Apr 22
Truth be told. It is not the number of years but the demeanor that speaks (lol)
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16532)
• China
20 Apr 22
Spare time is few and far between for you two.I am surprised you don't watch TV in the evening.We both are couch potatoes.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16532)
• China
21 Apr 22
@Fleura For the most part, we watch the suspense movie or TV series.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Apr 22
So as long as I don't take up knitting I won't ever have to worry about falling into the traditional old couple category?
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Apr 22
@Fleura Well that takes all the fun out of it then! You’re not living life until you walk around in slippers with your pipe in hand!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
13 Apr 22
I spy a butterfly in the lower right hand corner. It looks like a cast iron trivet I once had.
Nothing wrong with reading or knitting. Both are great ways to unwind.
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@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
14 Apr 22
@fleura You'll soon be listening to the Archers while you knit in front of the fire - that's one of my vivid memories of my mother in the early 60s just before we moved to Malawi, and when we returned after 8 years she just took up where she left off.
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