Cute Old Couples

I have a soft spot for cute old people.  There are definitely two extremes with seniors though.  On one hand there are the seniors that are cute and friendly.  Sadly however, there are also those older people who haven't aged so well and, I hate to say this, are more on the creepy side. Although I love cute old people in general, the best are cute old couples.  They make my heart melt.  Whenever I see one, I can't help but think about how much they must have been through together.  I picture them as young lovers, starting their own family, going through middle aged struggles together, seeing presidents, wars, and other major events come and go, starting a family, and then later watching their children start families of their own.

Marriage is such a crazy thing.  To commit yourself to spending the rest of your life with one person is HUGE.  Especially considering the fact that most people are settled down with their life partner by the time they reach 30.  Whoa, that means that you have two-thirds of your life still to go at that point.  The other day when I was working at Dairy Queen an adorable old couple came in.  The wife ordered an ice cream cone and her husband ordered a banana split.  They cheerfully took their ice cream and sat at one of the tables in the store.  Of course I watched them creepily for a bit.  

I wanted to know their story.  No, not the story of why they came to DQ to get ice cream, but their story that probably began way before I was even born.  The woman got up to leave but her husband insisted on eating every last bite of his banana split.  I watched him scoop out the melted ice cream that had accumulated in the cracks of the bowl as his wife hovered over him.  It was pretty funny.  I wonder where they were off to next...