Taste of Love..

He met her on a party, she was so outstanding, 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 agreed. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was
too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable.

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 felt the taste of the sea, salty and
bite, just like the taste of the salty coffee.

Now every time I have the salty coffee, I will think of my childhood,
think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents
who are still living there. 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 he's homesick, he must be a man who
loves home, cares about home, has responsibility of home..

Then she also started to talk,talked 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 actually he was a man who meets all
her demands: he was tolerant, kind hearted, warm, careful...he was
such a good guy.

They got married and were living the 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.

After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter which said:

My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my for my 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. I didn't want to hurt you..Now I'm dying, I am afraid of
nothing..... so I tell you the truth:

I never liked the salty coffee, what a strange bad taste..but I have
the salty coffee for my whole life.

Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life. If I
can live for the second time, I still want to know you and have you
for my 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? She replied. It's sweet.