Something may be amiss! Over
time, there are just too many cups of coffee at the coffee shop for this to be
as a simple happenstance.
"Is this a coffee
addiction or is there something else going on?" a curious woman asks the
waitress in a coffee shop, with respect to her spouse, who virtually lives for
his coffee. "Is that man really in love with me?"
"I don't know," she
replies. The waitress is too busy serving coffee to customers in the coffee
shop to answer all of their questions. Sometimes silence states the unstated.
"Let's go to the coffee
shop," her spouse says, repeatedly.
"Yes, dear," is her
typical response.
This phenomenon is re-occurring
repeatedly all around the world. Thus, the wife in question begins to wonder
what is really going on.
"Should I be
concerned?" she asks herself, as she quietly sips on her coffee while
seated across from, or beside her spouse. She knows that caffeine has always been
potentially addictive in nature and that recently, it has become even more so
over the last few decades, with a dramatic increase in the number of thriving
coffee shops.
She also knows that almost
everyone loves having a good cup of coffee, but that does not necessarily mean
'coffee shop' coffee. Many loyal and dedicated spouses love waking up to a hot
cup of coffee, or enjoy one at mid-morning in their own homes with their
spouses, other family members or close friends. Others simply like to start a
day at work with a good cup of hot coffee, or have a mid-morning break with a
cup of coffee accompanied by a fresh bagel, hot out of the oven. Donuts and
coffee go well together too, many will attest.
Does it always have to be
coffee at the coffee shop?
There is a certain degree of
ambiance in most coffee shop settings, where hundreds of people enjoy drinking
coffee alone, as well as together with others, or spending quality time with
someone special, like a spouse or a friend. It does not seem to matter whether
they are drinking regular coffee, a chocolate latte, or other unique coffees,
like those made from freshly ground, Jamaican coffee beans. Different
nationalities enjoy culturally specific coffee, like Italian espressos, or other
exotic specialty coffees from distant countries, all of the time.
Sharing something as simple as
a cup of coffee with others in general, is one step towards building strong,
positive relationships. Many potential marital relationships begin when two
people share coffee and swap their own unique, life stories.
Coffee is still relatively
affordable as a social luxury that the majority of spouses can enjoy together.
When coffee shops are part of the scene at odd times of the day or night
repeatedly, any spouse may start to wonder about his or her significant other.
"What is my spouse really
stating by going to the coffee shop for coffee, all of the time?"
"I love coffee and my
spouse, but is he otherwise engaged?"
"Maybe this has something
to do with business?"
Checking up on a spouse at the
coffee shop now and then, might be a good idea.
"I will just have to have
a coffee with my spouse today," might help to rescue a potentially
disastrous marriage, but then maybe not.
Addiction is addiction. Love is
love and something else may be anything other.
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