Tuesday, 15 December 2009

• Woo Who?

  
  

  
  They see each other across a crowded room. Suddenly everyone else ceases to exist. Time stands still. (cue sappy romantic music) He walks towards her as she floats towards him. They meet halfway and look into each others eyes. Hearts flutter, knees become weak, yada yada yada…  You get what happens next. We’ve all seen the movies. 

  No matter how we meet our significant other, what usually happens is one of the other (or both of us) begins a mating ritual of some sort. In old fashioned terminology, we ‘woo’; hoping that the other is as attracted to us as we are to them. Then the fun starts.

  Of course we are on our best behavior. Always considerate and kind, we listen intently, flirt outrageously and do the little things only a couple in the throes of new passion will do. You will send love notes; go out of your way to buy that wanted item; prepare their favorite foods; take them on special dates….

  It’s a heady time and we all enjoy it. Then….
  

  It’s a few months to a few years later. Your SO is now comfortable like an old shoe. The passion is still there but it’s tempered by comfort. The “I LOVE YOU!!!” has turned into “luv ya” and the steamy kisses have turned more to pecks on the cheek. Sex is no longer #1 on the daily list of things to do and spontaneity is a memory.

  It doesn’t have to be that way. We can still recapture the exhilaration we felt once upon a time. It’s there. It may be buried under complacency, but it’s not lost.
  

  The past few days I’ve come to realize something quite amazing: when you find that spark you thought was gone, go back and remember the beginning. Take the time to sweep them off their feet again. Fan that spark and watch it burn: brighter, hotter and stronger than it ever did before.

  Then, like me, you won’t be sitting around saying ‘woo who?’ you’ll be shouting….

   WHOO HOO!

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