Response to Berto

The sad reality is that every one of these marriages will last a long time and heres why. Everyone has seen the couple that just hates eachother and wont leave eachother, because thats what they feed of off, their hatred of eachother- weird right, but its true. Similiarly to Nick and his wife, they are absolutely enamored with eachother, and their relationship is beautifully contrasted with Mel's in that they are happy being happy, and Mel is happy wanting others to be as unhappy as he is. Like the old couple, all of these dudes are in for the long haul. Carvers criticism, or "what we talk about when we talk about love", is that "love" per se, is not syn ominous with longevity in a relationship, but rather, the actual love inside it, which is unmeasurable.