love lesson

Lagi asyik-asyik menunda beresin rumah, nyalain TV, eh ada acara bagus. Feature tentang married couples, ada yang baru 5, 15, 25, sampai 50 tahun bareng. Ternyata itu acaranya martha stewart, tapi dia nggak nongol sama sekali, cuma pasangan-pasangan yang berbagi cerita. Aduh, bagus banget!!! Aku terharu biru gitu nontonnya. Kalau ada acara bermutu begini, biasanya langsung deh self-reflection. Memang kadang-kadang kalau sudah menikah, ada rasa seperti terjebak dalam rutinitas. Getaran-getaran yang dulu ada pas masih pacaran agak melemah, deh. Nah, aku langsung ingat kalau 'marriage is an effort'. Bener banget deh perkataan ini. If you do love the person you're with, you're willing to make those efforts.

Kadang-kadang karena udah tiap hari bareng, kita juga suka take our partners for granted. Iya nggak sih? Jujur aja acara tadi bikin aku mikir, mikir dan mikir. How lucky I am, punya pasangan yang sabar, nggak banyak menuntut, pintar, baik, nggak neko-neko, nggak pelit (pasti dia bacanya sambil senyum-senyum...heheh). I should be grateful and I am. I thank God for sending me such an understanding partner who bears with me in all kinds of situation. I know ten, twenty, or thirty years from now ( insha Allah) I'd still be in love with this person. We've been through the best and worst together. And like those words in a fridge magnet he once gave me..."I want to grow old with you..." I really want to spend the rest of my life with him.