Illusion About Marriage
(Originally In English)
It's a true story. I know a person, not a friend, just an
acquaintance. While we met, probably a few years ago,
he told me that he was not married. I said, "Why not?"
He said, "Well, I have not had the time yet."
Yeah, very busy and all that.
So I said, "Okay, so when is the time then you will marry?"
He said, "Yes, of course, I like very much to get married
and I've some person already that I want to marry."
I asked him, "What is the reason you want to get married?"
He told me, "Well, it's a very sad life to be a bachelor."
For example, when he has a glass of juice or drinks something
in the morning, then hurries to go to work and puts the
glass on the table without cleaning or putting it away,
after he has worked all day long, he comes back in the
evening , the glass is still there. No one moved it away
or tidied up for him. So he feels like it's pretty untidy,
cold and unwelcoming. He would like to get married.
It would be better.
After some time, I heard that he was married.
I said, "Oh, good! Congratulations! Ah, now you are married."
He said, "Yes."
I said, "Well, I wish you all the best luck in the world.
I still remember the story you told me about the empty
glass on the table which you put in the morning after
breakfast and it still stayed there until after you got
back from work in the evening. So what happened
now to the glass story? Did it change?"
He said, "Oh, yes, it changed. There are two glasses
on the table when I come back."
