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Welcome to the Romance/Love Newsletter! I'm Crys-not really here and I'll be your editor this week! It's summertime here in the US, which means fireworks. Now why on earth are fireworks associated with passion so much? |
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It's the eve of Independence Day here in the United States as I write this newsletter. Like many holidays (Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's Day), Independence Day has come to be associated with love and romance as well. Of course, I'm talking about those cliche symbols of passion, the fireworks.
Fireworks date back to 7th Century China, where they were said to ward off evil spirits. They were once entertainment reserved only for nobility at important celebrations. Today, the United States shoots off fireworks after baseball games and on almost any summer holiday, especially Independence Day (July 4th). The flashes of light and loud booms fascinate us, but they've also become a symbol of love and passion. Think of all the TV shows and movies you've seen where fireworks have played a part in the romantic storyline. A geeky young man finally gets a kiss with his supermodel-like classmate, and boom! Fireworks take over the screen for that one blissful moment. Or a couple sitting on their hotel balcony kisses passionately just as the fireworks explode in the sky ahead of them, and we get the sense that, er, something is about to happen. . .
I don't know why fireworks have become as symbol of passion, but certainly the term "setting off sparks" must have something to do with it. If sparks are good, then causing fireworks must be amazing! In my opinion, however, the "fireworks" of kissing has started to become cliche. How many movies, TV shows and books can you name where the main characters have kissed and caused fireworks? While it may have seemed romantic the first dozen times, I'm sure you all can come up with something more original that describes that feeling of passion!
So, that's my challenge for you this month. Send me a metaphor for a moment of passion, using the feedback form below. No cliches! Regular readers of my newsletters know how much I hate cliches! My favorites will be shared in my newsletter next month.
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Thanks to everyone who wrote in about my last newsletter on Best Friends! I'm surprised by how many different interpretations of the term "best friends" are out there.
A very interesintg Newsletter about friendship... best friends and the love there.  I actually have a lot of "best friends"... but within those people, there's my number one "best friend", my older sister. She understands me better than most and I understand her, too. We are total opposites and the closest in our family-- like twins with a two-year age gap as we call ourselves. I don't really have a definition for "best friend". However, if I based my definition of it on my best friend (sister)... Then, a best friend (for me) would be someone who understands me the most without needing a lot of words, someone I can tell my secrets to, and someone I can fight with (but still trust everything between us will be the same as always). ~mARi~ mARi☠StressedAtWork
I know exactly how you feel. It was the same way for me in school, oh so many years ago lol. I had friends now and then but never anyone that I could consider a best friend. It's still that way and I don't know what the problem is. The closest I even come would be my husband yet we don't share everything. -SinfulAngel39 
I met my best friend 45 years ago, and we've been through many good and a few bad times. Even though she lives in Texas while I'm in California, we are only an email away from each other. We know each other's secrets, so I think what makes a best friend is they don't judge you. -J. A. Buxton
I think the idea of being a best friend doesn't necessarily have to be reciprocal; it depends on the context. You can I could be best friends, you could be MY best friend, or I could be YOUR best friend. All three situations involve the concept of a best friend, but mean very different things in terms of the relationship between the two people. For me, a best friend is someone who is always there for you, above all others. Maybe that's also a family member, or maybe it's not... but a best friend is the first person you think to call when you have news (good or bad), and who will give you what you need, whether that's someone to listen, someone to agree, or someone to kick you in the pants and tell you to get over it.  -Jeff 
I met my best friend in 2nd grade, and even though I now live in the USA and she still lives back home in Australia, we are still "besties" after 45 years. -Ladyoz
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