I was a missionary among a tribe in Indonesia and I was surprised when I learned kissing was unknown there.
Kissing is a great way for couples to communicate their love for each other, but I had a gay couple as neighbours some years ago and Stuart, though a quiet guy, was the most creative man I have ever known. He found some truly beautiful ways, apart from kissing of course, to show his partner, Joe, just how much he loved him.
He regularly prepared Joe’s favourite dish, served both their meals on a beautiful art glass plate of Australian wild flowers, took both their shirts off, sat Joe on his lap, they put their arms around each other and Stuart served both Joe and himself with the one fork. I thought that was just beautiful. I can’t tell you here about how they told me they enjoyed dessert.
However, he bought Joe for one of their anniversaries a rug of six white sheep skins sewn together which they put in their family room. He also shore several sheep, scoured the wool, spun it, dyed it in blues, greys, and black and then wove a beautiful rug for their queen sized bed. He made some amazing tapestries for the walls and did several paintings. He was a jeweller and designed their wedding rings. He submitted the design to de Beers in London for their international competition and won first prize.
Kissing is a great but certainly not the only way one man had of communicating his deep love for his soul mate. I still get goose bumps when I think of all he did. They remain very good friends.
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