A love story

He met her in a party. She was so outstanding, many guys were chasing after her, while he so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him. She was extremely surprised, but due to being polite, she accepted. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, she thought, please, let me go home…. suddenly he asked the waiter.. “would you please give me some salt? I’d like to put it in my coffee.”

Everybody stared at him. It was so strange! His face turned red, but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him curiously, “Why do you have this strange habit?” He replied “When I was a little boy, I used to live near the sea. I loved playing in the sea. I felt the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are still living there”. While saying that tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched. That’s his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart, she thought. A man who can tell out his homesickness must be a man who loves home, cares about home, has responsibility for home. Then she also started to speak. She spoke about
her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family.
That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story. They continued to date. She found that actually he was a man who met all her demands; he had tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful.

He was such a good person and was completely fit for her, but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty coffee, she got him.

Then the story was just like every beautiful love story , the princess married to the prince, then they were living the happy life… And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that’s the way he liked it.

After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter which said: “My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie. This was the only lie I said to you—the salty coffee. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time, actually I wanted some sugar, but I said salt It was hard for me to change so I just went ahead.I never thought that could be the start of our communication! I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything.. Now I’m dying, I afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth: I don’t like the salty coffee, what a strange bad taste.. But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life! Since it was what which got you for me, I’ve never regretted the salty coffee. Having you with me is my biggest happiness of my whole life. If I can live for the second time, I still want to know you and have you for my whole life, even if I have to drink the salty coffee again”. Her tears made the letter totally wet.

Some years later, someone asked her “What’s the taste of salty coffee?

She replied, “It’s sweet.”

Love is not to forget but to forgive, not to see but to understand, not to hear but to listen, not to let go but to hold on.

Don’t ever leave the one you love for the one you like, because the one you like will leave you for the one they love.

Hope you guys enjoyed this

Yours Non-typically

Ajay

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