He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after
her, while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of
the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised,
but due to being polite, she promised.
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, so strange! His face turned red, but, still, he put the
salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him curiously : why you have
this hobby? He replied: "when I was a little boy, I was living near the
sea, I liked playing in the sea, I could feel 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 home town, I miss my
home town 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. A man who can tell out
his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about home, has
responsibility of home. Then she also started to speak, spoke about her
far away 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 meets all her demands;
he had tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful. He was such a good
person but she almost missed him!Thanks to his salty coffee!
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 I knew you, I never
feel sorry for anything I do for you. Having you with me is my biggest
happiness for my whole life. If I can live for the second time, still
want to know you and have you for my whole life, even though I have to
drink the salty coffee again". Her tears made the letter totally wet.
Someday, someone asked her: what's the taste of salty coffee? It's sweet. She replied.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
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