Six Word Memoirs On Intimate Relationships

Appar­ently, many of you were also bit­ten by the “Six Word Mem­oir bug” , as I received many responses to my invi­ta­tion to write a mem­oir telling the story of your inti­mate rela­tion­ships.  I’ll be post­ing them here over the next cou­ple of days, so please stay tuned and check back to read yours.

Mean­while, one friend sat down and wrote what almost reads like a short story on the sub­ject, com­posed of six word sen­tences.   With her per­mis­sion, I share it with you here.  See what it evokes in you.

Sleep­ing in dou­ble bed, waiting.

Aging pas­sion turned into quiet companionship.

Your shoes sit beside the door.

Love stayed around when you left.

Widow seek­ing part­ner: must love wrinkles.

Why did I choose you instead?

Room­mate wanted: hus­band left house empty.

Bro­ken Hearts Club closed after wedding.

What have we got to lose?

Call me tomor­row, I’m happy today.

The chil­dren will not be affected.

Being alone is not nec­es­sar­ily loneliness.

I had for­got­ten we once loved.

Did you notice I was gone?

While lov­ing you, I lost me.

Sin­gle man dis­guised as lov­ing husband.

Hear­ing a gig­gle makes me remember.

Pho­tographs don’t really tell the story.

Before you arrived, I loved everyone.

My mind spins false love stories.

First kisses are usu­ally not first.

Hot pas­sion waited for your call.

Lov­ing you was a bless­ing disguised.

Remem­ber when we whis­pered lov­ing words?

Don’t for­get, send back my heart.

Cry­ing for you was wasted time.

I’m laugh­ing just think­ing of you.

Lis­ten, love must be call­ing again.

Sleep­walk­ing through mar­riage causes painful falls.

Falling in love makes land­ing risky.

Vacant heart avail­able; love left abruptly.

Thanks to Sue Alexan­der for this poignant and provoca­tive piece of writing.

Tagged as: dr. judith rich, Human Interest, Intimate Relationships, relationships, Rx For The Soul, Six Word Memoir