[My hearts in London - Everett]

Yes, there should be some kind of attraction on some level. I'm sure no man wants to be tied down to a hag no matter how limited the relationship! And vice versa. lol You do need to be seen in public with them after all. However, the more you get to know someone, the less important you find their looks to be - and the less you seem to notice what you might previously have thought to be an imperfection, etc.

"I think it can work because you would love that person as a person and it can even be the unconditional type of love that one would associate with a partner or child but not necessarily the Eros type of love that one might insist upon when younger."

Yes, I'm saying just that. Romantic love is not a "must". The older you are the more you realize that. It's nicer that way, but not all important.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

I found this on Stumble yesterday and I just have to share. You may have seen it before, but I thought it was just so funny!

An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world, so he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Rome. On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read $10,000 per call' The American, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for. The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 you could talk to God. The American thanked the priest and went along his way.

Next stop was in Moscow. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone with the same sign under it. He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in Rome and he asked a nearby nun what its purpose was. She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for S10,000 he could talk to God. 'O.K., thank you,' said the American.

He then traveled to France, Israel, Germany and Brazil. In every church he saw the same golden telephone with a '$10,000 per call' sign under it. The American finally decided to travel to the UK to see if the British had the same phone. He arrived in York and again, in the Minster, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read '20p per call.' The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign. 'Reverend, I've traveled all over World and I've seen this same golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but everywhere I went the price was $10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?' The priest smiled and answered, 'You're in Yorkshire now Lad, - it's only a local call'