A story about being moved by a wonderful display of marital love this morning

This morning, I casually
watched a certain YouTube video.

Here it is☟

“Sanma no Karakuri TV
　Moving Video Letter”

It is a project where you send a
video letter from your present self to your “past self”.

Watching this video,
to be honest,
I teared up💦

I was moved, thinking,
“What a wonderful marital love.”

*　*　*　*　*

The mother appearing in the video is 77 years old.

She addresses her “23-year-old past self”
to share a “certain thought”.

That“certain thought”was truly a
wonderful, wonderful “thought”.

✔What is the “certain thought”?

When the mother was 23,
she went through an unpleasant experience at the time.

That was
marrying a man she didn't even like.

The mother in the video is someone who was
“arranged”into marriage by her parents.

When a major life event like marriage is
“decided without the person's own will”,
the shock must be immense.

So, what“certain thought”could it be?

Were you trying to warn your past self,
"You must not marry such a person!"
?

If you keep watching the video, you will see the answer.

✔ The mother who was
　cherished by her husband

The "certain thought" was not one of opposition to the marriage, but rather
"Gladly accept the marriage".

Having been together as a married couple for nearly 50 years,
the mother had received so much love
from her husband.

At first, she might have disliked him
as someone she didn't even love.

But by the time of her husband's final moments, and in the life
without him that followed, her thoughts had changed.

In the video letter, she sings
"I'm in love with you again"by Billy BanBan.

After singing, the mother
speaks to her past self.

Because he says,
"Let's be together again"...

This time, say "Yes"

Please,
I'm counting on you

I deeply felt the husband's love for his wife...
and

of course, I also feel
the warm love the mother hadfor her husband.

It is a short video, but...
it is a video that taught me something important.

Even now,
divorces among middle-aged and older couples are not uncommon.

I heard that a relative of mine also
got a divorce at a mature age.

That said, the form of marriage is
different for everyone,
so as an individual, I will not criticize it.

However... I think that
this kind of mutual marital love
that you can build in your own lifeis
something important for a lifetime.

I think I will keep this instance
in my inner pocket
as one way of thinking about life.

Well then, until next time.
Goodbye.