Love Is Blind... And Strange

 

     Love is blind, they say, and, strange, I say.

     Two fascinating stories about love stood out on my Facebook News feed these past few days. First, a man marrying conjoined twins. The twins, Abby and Brittany Hensel, are dicephalus twins, meaning they have two arms, two legs, two hearts, but two heads. Actually, Josh Bowling, the husband only married Abby, it’s just that Brittany couldn’t help but also be at the altar during the wedding. And during honeymoon, it was revealed that Brittany was also there, in the bed with husband and wife. Awkward, yes. What’s more awkward? Abby reportedly admitting that he would perform fellatio on her husband during sex.

     Second fascinating story, a governor of a province here in the Philippines, an 80-year-old man, married a 32-year-old female lawyer. That’s a 48-year age gap. I believe that age doesn’t matter in love. 10-year gap, that’s perfectly okay. 20 years, still fine. 30 years, still acceptable. Popular comedian Vic Sotto (70) is 35 years older than his missus, and their marriage seems to be doing well. But 48 years? We need to draw a line here. 48 years is a gigantic age gap. What’s the lifespan of Filipino men? 69 years. So Mr. Governor here has been dead for 11 years. Lol. Anyway, he would soon be dead. While he is alive, what kind of memories he and his wife could still make? The wife preparing her husband’s maintenance medications? The husband taking half a dozen Viagra capsules so he could still make love to her? The husband unable to go with her outdoors because of rheumatism?

     But the wife says she loves him, and for a lot of people, that’s enough. And her husband seems healthy enough—I saw the video of their wedding where he lunged at her and eagerly devoured her lips before the priest could finish saying “You may kiss the bride.”

     For many people, love alone will always be enough.