* this is just one of the sweetest love story i found that i think really demonstrates true love of one person with another...read and see what i mean. :)
- by avvy ;p

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 politeness, she promised. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, she thought, please, let me back 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 like playing in the sea, I could felt the taste of the sea, salty and bite, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I will think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who still living there. 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 homesick, he must be a man loves home, cares about home, has responsibility of home," she thought. Then she also started to talk, talked about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story. They continue to date. She found actually he was a man who meets all her demands: he was tolerance, kind hearted, warm, careful...he was such a good guy 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.
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's hard for me to change so I just go 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 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, I still want to know you and have you as my whole life wife, 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.
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Posted by "I Keep Love Real" at 12:53 AM
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18 Comment/s
said last January 6, 2008 at 9:54 PM
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Salty Coffee = Gayuma. Ayos! Hehehe kidding.
But that's sweet. A guy who can make himself vulnerable is very rare because we always want to act tough and all.
P.S. I tried salted coffee before not very appealing and certainly does not remind me of home
Unknown said last January 7, 2008 at 8:10 AM
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Aww... you know, this is so true... You fall in love with people that let you show how weak they are, just so you can pick them up when they can't... I know I did :)
Unknown said last January 7, 2008 at 8:12 AM
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but... a word of caution...NOT ALL THE TIME HA. It should be when one is weak, one should be strong!. I remember this line in this show... the girl said, I see you're falling apart, please don't because I don't know what I'd do if I lost you... Cheesy line and definitely selfish!!! You're not supposed to say that! YOu're supposed to say I'll be here for you!!!
said last January 8, 2008 at 7:47 PM
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This is a bittersweet story. or saltysweet?:P
needs some proofreading, though. but it's really touching :)
geeneplata said last January 9, 2008 at 7:40 AM
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ohman, it's cute and funny. and, awwww... haha :P
avvy said last January 10, 2008 at 11:11 PM
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yes...i know...its so awww...because in a way, they really showed their true love for each by accepting each other's weird tastes. hehe. it really touched my heart! :D
said last January 14, 2008 at 12:40 AM
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*tear*
bittersweet story... huhu
parang biglang may nag-crush ng heart ko... hahaha
waaaaa!!! i'm feeling sentiiiii....
-sofaye
Yna said last January 14, 2008 at 1:24 AM
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awwww, ang sweet.... grabe, dahil dun naging sila...such a little thing...
and to go on sacrificing for years by drinking that salty coffee...awww...
said last January 14, 2008 at 2:19 AM
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hahaha, I knew from the beginning that this story had a sweet ending pero I couldn't help but think what if in the end the girl is like, "jerk." hahaha!! sorry.. twisted konti brain ko..
But then again, she didn't.. and she accepted it. Shows na even if the beginning was a lie but the rest of their lovestory was sincerely beautiful and true (in the sense na they loved each other and made each other happy)it didn't matter. That lie helped them fall inlove with one another and be one of the happiest couple ever.
said last January 14, 2008 at 10:14 AM
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aw!
thats so sweet!
i wish i can find someone like her who can sit with me and understands my weirdness.
hehehe
said last January 14, 2008 at 12:44 PM
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awww this is real... when you love someone, you'll learn to accept his flaws no matter what... there's no perfect man, you make someone perfect for you... by accepting who he is...
said last January 14, 2008 at 11:41 PM
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next time consider typing it in word for some spell check!
said last January 14, 2008 at 11:42 PM
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waw... i think i heard this story somewhere before...
Gab said last February 11, 2008 at 1:31 PM
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Gab said last February 11, 2008 at 1:31 PM
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said last February 11, 2008 at 8:05 PM
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