A Rural Journal: {Priorities and the Aging Process}

“It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party.”
― Nick Hornby

When my husband and I met,

we discovered our record collections

contained many of the same artists.

AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin,

Guns 'n Roses, Billy Idol.

And as time went by,

it was apparent our movie and TV tastes

were fairly compatible.

Seinfeld, The King of Queens, The Sopranos,

Deadwood, Real Time with Bill Mauer, Andy Griffith,

anything with Bruce Willis,

old black and white movies from the '30s or '40s.

Over the years, I've learned to appreciate

Great American (and some Italian) Westerns.

And he watches more chick flicks now

than he'll ever admit to (of course, it might

more about the chicks than the flick.)
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No matter how much time goes by, however, 

there do remain some examples of entertainment 

upon which we will never agree --

30 Rock,

UFO-conspiracy-theory-documentaries,

fishing/hunting/trapping shows,

Vintage SNL,

Red Green,

Roger Moore as James Bond,

South Park,

Futurama,
n-eh-thing Ryan Gosling,

award shows
and beauty pageants.

They say couples begin to look like each other
the longer they are together,
just as interests in music and movies
may evolve to become
one and the same.

Sometimes I wonder --

did we lose our individuality
somewhere along the way?

I am more apt to believe,
after surviving a few major bumps,
as well as many minor ones,

we unconsciously arrived at the mutual conclusion
that music and movies and TV shows,
although seemingly so vital in our youth,
become less consequential.
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Do you and your partner share the same tastes in music and film?
Is that important to you?

Do arts and entertainment remain significant facets
of your daily routine?

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