On this particular Sunday morning at this particular brunch Jeremy and I spent our time together side-by-side on a bench outside, shooing flies away from our food, sipping on each other's coffee and with our faces in our phones. As we were leaving Jeremy said something like "I bet all those people at that restaurant thought we were such boring assholes. Wasting away a perfectly beautiful morning on our phones." For a moment I entertained the fact that we were in fact boring assholes wasting away a perfectly beautiful morning together, but the truth of it is this: on that particular morning we had nothing left to say to each other. Sitting side-by-side, silent & sipping on coffee, was enough. But next time - I'll ditch my phone. A newspaper would be much more romantic, don't you think?
every Sunday my husband and i always read newspaper on our front yard, in silent. then, after we finish it all we feel so inspired by the things we've read and start to talk about our life and so on . the best part after that moment sometimes we feel so bless or so obsess with something that we planed before, that makes us need more close and focus. good spirit to start the week ^_^
ReplyDeleteWe've sort of vowed not to become a blue-faced couple staring into our phones. During meals the phones stay away. We haven't run out of things to say yet, but I attribute that to the fact that we don't live together, haha.
ReplyDeleteMaybe phones are today's newspapers :)
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I recently had a situation just like this. After the hundred and hundreds of days being parents, we thought we'd be so happy to have uninterrupted conversation. However, we found that we just liked being to sit there in peace and silence - not worried what the other was thinking. There is a confidence in this kind of thing.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I do think a paper would be more romantic. I'm going to try this next time. ;)
Ah.... I think about this sometimes too. I love not needing to say something and the comfort that implies, but I also want to live the life I am in, not the virtual one in my iPhone. Reading the paper together seems like a great compromise!
ReplyDeleteLovely post. I often feel my happiest when we are both engrossed in something but still close enough to touch one another.
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