Jacob Lawrence, The Lovers (1946)

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February 6, 2008:

My fantasy was that she'd miss me so much she'd turn around and come straight back, at the intermediate airport where she had to change planes.

Instead she waited more than a full day to call to say she'd arrived safely.

I suppose there's no special irony in this. Just one example of the standard disconnect between expectation and outcome at the heart of many relationships.

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