A Love Story

He met her at a party. She was young,charming and beautiful,with so many guys chasing after her, while he was 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 being polite, she agreed.

They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, and she started feeling uncomfortable. She was hoping the meeting would finish soon.. suddenly he asked the waiter "would you please give me some salt?I'd like to put it in my coffee."

She stared at him in surprise.

His face turned red, but he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.

She asked him curiously "why do you drink coffee this way"

He replied: "when I was a little boy, I was living near the sea, I liked 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 this tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched.That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart. A man who can talk about his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about home, has responsibility of a home..

Then she also started to speak...spoke about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. It was a long talk into the wee hours of the morning...

They continued to date. She found that actually he was a man who met all her demands; he had tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, caring...

He was such a good person but she had almost missed him!

Thanks to his salty coffee the love had blossomed....

Like every beautiful love story, the princess married the prince and they lived a happy life... And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, 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 have 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 had promised not to lie to you for anything.. Now I'm dying, I am afraid of nothing, so I am telling 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 have never feel sorry for anything I do for you.Having you with me is my biggest happiness in whole life. If I can live for the second time, I 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.

Someone asked her "what's the taste of salty coffee?"

"It's sweet" She replied.

love is not to forget but to forgive...

not to just see,but to understand....

not to just hear,but to listen...

not to let go but to hold on...