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He met
her on a party. She was so outstanding, many
guys chasing after her, while he so normal,
nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the
party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she
was surprised, but due to being polite, she
promised. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was
too nervous to say anything, she felt
uncomfortable, she thought, please, let me go
home.... suddenly he asked the waiter. "would
you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in
my coffee." Everybody stared at him, so strange!
His face turned red, but still, he put the salt in his
coffee and drank it. She asked him curiously; why
you have this hobby? He replied: "when I was a
little boy, I was living near the sea, I like playing in
the sea, I could feel the taste of the sea, just like
the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I
have the salty coffee, I always think of my
childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my
hometown so much, I miss my parents who are
still living there". While saying that tears filled his
eyes. She was deeply touched.That's his true
feeling, from the bottom of his heart. A man who
can tell out his homesickness, he must be a man
who loves home, cares about home, has
responsibility of home. Then she also started to
speak, spoke about her faraway hometown, her
childhood, her family. That was a really nice talk,
also a beautiful beginning of their story. They
continued to date. She found that actually he was
a man who meets all her demands; he had
tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful. He
was such a good person but she almost missed
him! Thanks to his salty coffee! Then the story
was just like every beautiful love story , the
princess married to the prince, then they were
living the happy life... And, every time she made
coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee e,
as she knew that's the way he liked it. After 40
years, he passed away, left her a letter which
said: "My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my
whole life lie. This was the only lie I said to you---
the salty coffee. Remember the first time we
dated? I was so nervous at that time, actually I
wanted some sugar, but I said salt It was hard
for me to change so I just went ahead.I never
thought that could be the start of our
communication! I tried to tell you the truth many
times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as
I have promised not to lie to you for anything..
Now I'm dying, I afraid of nothing so I tell you
the truth: I don't like the salty coffee, what a
strange bad taste.. But I have had the salty coffee
for my whole life! Since I knew you, I never feel
sorry for anything I do for you. Having you with
me is my biggest happiness for my whole life. If I
can live for the second time, still want to know
you and have you for my whole life,even though
I have to drink the salty coffee again". Her tears
made the letter totally wet.Someday, someone
asked her: what's the taste of salty coffee?It's
sweet. She replied.Love is not 2 forget but 2
forgive, not 2 c but 2 understand, not 2 hear but 2
listen, not 2 let go but 2 HOLD ON !!!! Don't ever
leave the one you love for the one you like,
because the one you like will leave you for the
one they love. Find a guy, who calls you beautiful
instead of hot. Who calls you back when you
hang up on him. Who will stay awake just to
watch you sleep. Who holds your hand in front
of his friends.Wait for the one who is constantly
reminding you of how much he cares about you
and how lucky he is to have you. Wait for the
one who turns to his friends and says, "...that's
her."