| Katniss |
04-09-2013 10:46 PM |
"Lovers of Valdaro"
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Originally Posted by Sweet Bliss
(Post 780459)
I remember when this photograph hit the internet years ago. I never thought someone could make this final embrace ugly. Why am I not surprised?
These lovers were found in an Italian archeological dig if I remember correctly. It speaks volumes to those of us who believe in soul mates, forever loves, cosmic connection.
It gives me pause. We read about couples that die within days or hours of each other, unable to bear the loss of the other. We dream of a lover who would die without us in their lives, or our death without our vital other half.
I am not offended by your post Katniss. It brought back a warm wonderful feeling from long ago, so I thank you for posting it today. It just seems sad that someone found it amusing. How cynical.
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I also remember when this first came to light and the Hallmark-esque feelings it seemed to elicit around the globe. I also remember finding it interesting that the assumption was of two lovers entwined when it just as easily could have been two people trying to throttle one another in anger, a man confronting his cheating wife and trying to kill her (a single skeleton was found nearby but this was a communal burial area so no telling) or any other less than savory demise of these two. What has come to light since the unearthing is the skeletons were male and female, under 20 years of age, and they did not die a violent/trauma death. According to Professor Silvia Bagnoli who lead the research team it is most likely they died of extreme cold. Additionally they did not die in that particular embrace as the bodies were positioned that way at the time of burial. I suppose since we don't know the truth we may as well add some romance to it. (shrug)
The real reason for my response to the post is I want to go on record that I abhor the thought of "a lover who would die without me in their life." Frankly I don't need that kind of pressure. It also smacks of a potential murder-suicide we see on the nightly news when one lover wants out of the arrangement and the other does not. If I do have a soulmate I would be grievously disappointed if they stopped living because I had passed on. There is too much love, joy, hope and beauty in this world to pin it all on one person. I also hope any potential soulmate knows that I am not sitting on my arse waiting to be rescued or "completed" as my life is already pretty freaking fabulous and full of love, joy and really cool activities and people. Matter of fact it will take a hella' special someone for me to want to make time to add them to my life. Because they would be an "addition" and not a "completion." Would I like to meet my "one and only?" Sure! Is it necessary to do so in order to have a full life? Nope, not for me at least. But if/when I do I would never look back at my single friends and think they are less "complete" or missing a "vital other half" just because they are single.
I've been on my soapbox too long and don't want Wolfy to chase me out of this thread. So I will also raise a glass of moscato tonight and toast true love, no matter how absent, fleeting or time enduring.
Katniss~~(but if depth of love is in direct correlation to time of death as a couple....should I meet my soulmate I plan to keep her healthy as hell for as long as possible!) |
