gift

Reason that teenagers don't listen to fathers is because to them, fathers are not even considered people in families. They’re not. A big force, Yes? They maybe elemental force, but not person.

When relationship gets across certain point, you just don’t know what to give each other for anniversaries any more. Cause you’ve been together for so long. It’s not like when you just meet, you go, “There you go, some cotton socks, or whatever it is. It'd be fine. cause back then you're young, stupid, and romantic enough put up with anything. And if you're bit imaginative, you can just roll on top one another, open your mouth, rubies fall out. Things like that can last a while. But once you got to ambiguous middle-age, nobody even know what they're supposed to celebrate for. 10 years, 15 years, 20 years along line, people go "There you go, this is the remote control covered in Nutella, I thought you’d enjoy that."

In the context of the world, watching all that's happening around you, I don't think you can penetrate much of it, cause you can only really care about very few things. In the end, what's really gonna matter to you is who you're with and what's happening between you. Basically, you'll only care about whatever that's going on in your own kitchen. If couple has got friend who's single and childless, they often and be amazed to find how much gap they have. Because single men are naive in the eyes of couples of if they don't have children. Look, if you're women, you don't need children to be empathetic, but if you're man, you do.

This friend of mine whose disappointed by woman's reaction when he gave her girlfriend a present. I asked, "So, what was her reaction then?" He said "Well, you know. She said, 'Oh, I love this. This is really great. Thank you very much." But he wanted more. I mean in a matured relationship, that's already a fantastic reaction.