Why do I Love Thee

By on March 1, 2018

Why Do I Love Thee

     I heard a minister say this at a wedding. “Two people who are truly in love, love each other not because of but in spite of.”

     Here’s what I think he meant. You can love someone because he is handsome, has a lot of money, is fun to be with or because you have a lot in common with each other. Those things can change, however.

    This poem, with apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, expresses how I feel about the man I love:

I love thee for your kindness to animals.

I love thee though you are sometimes unkind to people.

I love thee for your smile and your laugh.

I love thee though you're sometimes grumpy in the morning.

I love thee for your patience.

I love thee though you sometimes get angry about petty things.

I love thee for your honest criticism.

I love thee though you sometimes criticize me when I feel I don't need it.

I love thee because you are neat and orderly.

I love thee though you are sometimes too neat and orderly.

I love thee because you are passionate about the things you love – like fishing

I love thee though you sometimes don’t understand why I’m not as passionate.

I love thee because you are so different from me in so many ways.

I love thee though you are different from me in so many ways.

I love thee because You are You.

I love thee “because of” and “in spite of.”

I love thee in a thousand different languages.

Je t'aime

Te amo

Ich liebe dich

Mahal Kita

Mi amas vin

I love you

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