3 couples, 3 generations, 3 love stories...
Philippe 63 and Brigitte 64, married for 30 years
1/ Where did you meet? Your first thought when you saw him / her?
| Philippe. In Creil, at Place Saint Médard where I lived. I found her pretty, friendly, dynamic... | Brigitte. In Creil at Place Saint Médard: he was handsome and kind. |
2/ In your opinion, what does he / she love about you? And you?
| I think she loves my kindness, my simplicity, my sporty side and our complementarity. On my part, it's also what I love about her, as well as her elegance and her daily joy of living. | What does he love about me? I wonder... Personally, I love his soft hands! |
3/ Your most beautiful memory together?
| Our cruise on the Nile! | Our cruise in Egypt on the Nile... and the birth of Jean-Baptiste. Today our son is almost 30 years old. |
4/ A project, a dream, a wish for the years to come?
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Continue to travel, to discover new landscapes and go on great hikes in the mountains. We also dream of a more spacious house and being able to share even more time with our granddaughter. |
Discover the Greek islands |
5/ Your definition of love?
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Love means great complicity, complementarity and family spirit. |
It's managing to keep the same passion as at the beginning. Staying on the same wavelength year after year. |
Vincent and Charlotte 30 years old, together for 2 years
1/ Where did you meet? Your first thought when you saw him / her?
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Vincent. On Instagram. And living in the same city, we quickly hit it off. Naïvely, I thought she would make a good friend, plus, she was in a relationship. |
Charlotte. We met: on a social network. My first thought? " I have a boyfriend, I have a boyfriend " since it was only about friendship at the beginning. |
2/ In your opinion, what does he / she love about you? And you?
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Oh no, not that question, it's too difficult to imagine what he really sees in me. I think he loves my enthusiasm and my energy, which can also surely annoy him sometimes, because I need to get everyone on board Even though he tells me he finds me beautiful, I don't always know if he really sees me. The fact that I really love him for who he is, deeply. But also the fact that I push him around a bit, often, and that I don't let him shut himself off. What I love about him is an endless list of charming details and moments. But actually, what I love about him is who he is, with his vulnerabilities, and his inconsistencies. And also, I think, his way of loving me, fully. Not with overwhelming passion. But loving me simply, by keeping spaces for himself, to also live what he is, without needing everything to be moments of sharing, but rather moments of respect for one another. |
My sensitivity, my creativity. On my part, I love his hidden vulnerability and his sense of action |
3/ Your most beautiful memory together?
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Aaaah but there are so many, just one, are you sure?!?! I'll say the present moment... |
The first time I made him laugh out loud. In Sicily. In Syracuse. |
4/ A project, a dream, a wish for the years to come?
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Keep the quality of our relationship at the same level, in listening and the willingness to grow together. |
Continue to live our adventures, here and elsewhere, together. |
5/ Your definition of love?
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Love is, for me, loving the other for who they are (I know, this phrase seems straight out of a Buddhist book, but well, that's really what I think). And also being in agreement on their natural defenses and their need for recognition.
It seems to me that this is already a good basis for loving.
Even if there is not one love, but many ways to love someone in the end. And you can be in love for a few minutes, a few months or a whole life. |
Love is respect. Of oneself first (how can you claim to love someone if you don't love yourself), of the other next and of "us" finally. |
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