Younger lovers

Sometimes one doesn't recognise the significance of an event until much later

As a sometime historian I know this is true, but this morning I was prompted to reflect on the statement above.

This photo shows my partner and I in the courtship phase of our relationship.

We'd been together for maybe six months and this might've been our first road trip together.

Jo wanted to visit her friend Rosie and it was little more than a stop for a cup of tea in my mind.

Yet, when she talks about this visit now, Jo says it was a test for me and our blossoming relationship.

She says it was the opportunity for her to get her best friend's perspective of me.

I'm not sure if I accepted the cup of tea or didn't put my feet on the table, but Jo and I are still together after about 23 years.