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.
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Subject: An amazing Love Story 
Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:31 am
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