The past Shabbat was a matrimonial Shabbat: one couple was in their second week after their wedding, enjoying their honeymoon in Greece and in the Greek islands. Another couple was just officially formed, as she accepted his wedding proposal just the night before in Paros Island… How romantic!...
It was heartwarming for everybody to watch the sparkling happiness and the ecstatic smiles of the young fiancés… I guess that it reminds “old couples” of magical moments and gives singles a shot of optimism and hope…
Nevertheless, I think it is equally moving to watch the tenderness and the complicity between a couple married for 30 years (or more!)… They have the trusting love and care of experience, the bond created by obstacles overcome together… They have ridden together many waves in life and know each other so well, including the defaults which they have learn to accept and even to appreciate…
A propos wedding, do you know why it is customary to break a glass under the chuppa (wedding canopy)?
Watch this video to find out, and get a little inspiration:
The Secret to a Successful Relationship
By Chana Weisberg
Learning to accept (yours and other's) imperfections, flaws and deficiencies.
Malorie et Bruno wrote...
Thanks for the dedicate on your blog and thank you (you and Mendel) again for the great Shabbat dinner in Athens last week.
But you have forgotten in your summary to talk about an other wonderful couple. You have written about new married (or engaged) couple and 30 years couple and how it is magic.
I take the opportunity to talk about a third kind of couple that we can consider as a model as well : yours.
Many people around the table underline how you and your husband could be an example for us : true love in your eyes, 3 childrens , wonderful hospitality, jewish heritage transmission…
Be sure that we will continue to check on your blog where we can find you in the next future in order to ask you for a Shabbat dinner if we have the opportunity to be in the same city. ;-)
Merci beaucoup pour cette très belle soirée. A très bientôt.
Malorie et Bruno (the officially formed couple since Paros)