love comes with commitments & laughter
- gaymen2
- 19 minutes ago
- 7 min read
When he fell in love with her, she was 13 years older than him. When they got married, he was 27 and she was 40.
After trying to start a biological family and facing losses, he never left her side. Together, they decided to adopt two children and build a home full of love.
Over the years, he battled skin cancer multiple times. She supported him unconditionally.
Their marriage lasted nearly three decades. While magazines kept highlighting how attractive he still looks at 55 and how incredibly strong she remains at 68, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness faced life’s changes with dignity and mutual respect.
Every relationship has its own story.
Its own path.
But what keeps a relationship alive isn’t just love.
Many times, love alone isn’t enough.
It’s the decision to be there, no matter what happens along the way. Choosing to stay when things get hard. Seeing the world through the same eyes.
But also knowing when to let go — without losing the respect and affection that bound you together for so long.
If you do not know who this is - HUGH JACKMAN.
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When I was diagnosed with HIV back in 1990, I had a lover I had been with for 15 years at the time, an older man and whose house we shared. He was a wealthy man who became wealthier during our relationship and I always had full time employment and contributed financially .
When it came out I was ill with Pneumonia ( PCP ) he ran for the hills.)
He let me loose my car as I was not working and could not afford the payments and while living near Milton Keynes, I DESPERATELY needed the car to get to hospital appointments, and HE LET ME LOOSE MY CAR when all I owed on it was £500 and this was small change to him.
My sister would have to drive 20 miles to pick me up and take me to appointments as there was no other way of getting there. He never offered... Not even to borrow his car if he was home and not using it.
Eventually he stated he wanted me out. No financial help. No worrying about how I was to cope emotionally, and as for the resepect and love shared for more than 15 years, it didn't stand for fuck all John, - fuck all. He unceremonially threw me out - even packed my bags for me while I was at the hospital, and stated on my return he ' wanted me out.'
I could have killed him there and then .
If it wasn't for a good friend who collected me, housed me at his Hammersmith house where he lived, helped me financially and spent months taking me to and from the various clinics and help centres - helped get my finances in place and all the benefits sorted, I would have been - after 15 years with my now X - homeless as he didn't give a flying fuck.
So much for love.
So much for compassion.
So much for understanding and so much for his humanity.
So much for being there through thick and thin for each other.
All he could do was run away as fast as he could - get me out of the house - and all through fear - HE WAS FRIGHTENED SHITLESS and THIS is how a man in his 50's reacts, all out of fear and all he did was show me that after all the years together meant FUCK ALL to him.
He ended up being just nothing better than a cunt. A thoughtless, self seeking cunt.
Johnny C.
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When my lover abandoned me the day I got out of hospital, full of stitches and tubes etc. and being told I needed looking after at home and how he promised the hospital he would be there to take care of me, he completely abondened me - as after we got home, he said he was going to the shops for 20 minutes and didn't come back for 5 hours. I was desperately ill still and when he returned we got into a row and he pushed me over, splitting my stitches and when the ambulance came, he claimed it was all my fault and ' see what you get up to the minute I turn my back'
I was another week in hospital and when I came out I went home and AGAIN his actions were appalling, so while he was out, I packed my bags, got a cab and asked the cab driver if he knew a local B&B that could take care of me.
'My Mother in Law runs her own B&B and she's an X nurse.' he said, and it was an absolute miracle. She was wonderful, cooked me meals, tended my bandages and redressed them and was the most perfect person - an angel sent from above.
When I was fully recovered, I went home - and he was all in a panic as to where I had been for the 3 weeks, and I cooked him a nice dinner which he gobbled down before I pointed out the stew was made from Chappie dog food and full of laxitives and I was OUT OF THERE - and that as far as I was concerned- he was a shit faced cunt and I hoped and prayed that one day he would be ill and in need of some TLC and compassion - ESPECIALLY FROM A LOVER - and not - NOT the nasty NASTY manner in which he treated me when I desperately needed help.
That was a long time ago and in that time he was in a car crash, badly hurt, and not a soul, apparantly, not a single person visited him in hospital and he was there for 3 months - It seems his nasty reputation and manner was not restricted towards just me as no one had the time of day for him and he - I hope - learned how hurtful it is to be abandoned when you need company the most.
Love - it seems - comes at a price for some.
Terry E.
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He gives her a quick glance and then causally looks at his watch for a moment.
The woman notices this and asks, "Is your date running late?"
"No", he replies, "I just got this state-of-the-art watch, and I was just testing it.."
The intrigued woman says, "A state-of-the-art watch? What"s so special about it?"
The cowboy explains, "It uses alpha waves to talk to me telepathically."
The lady says, "What"s it telling you now?"
"Well, it says you're not wearing any panties."
The woman giggles and replies "Well it must be broken because I am wearing panties!"
The cowboy smiles, taps his watch, and says, "Damn thing's an hour fast."
Someone has to intercede for the weakest.
A man smiles in his arrest photo after defending his neighbor's dog from being buried alive.
When a local man was released with only community service after trying to bury his own dog alive and abusing it for years, the neighborhood was filled with rage.
A former Marine, passionate about dogs, decided to take a brave stand.
He walked right up to him, fists clenched, and said, "Try messing with someone who can defend themselves."
Moments later, the abuser lay beaten on his own lawn. Police arrived and found the Marine waiting calmly, blood on his knuckles and a big smile on his face. The abuser left in handcuffs, but with a smile on his face.
The dog is safe in a shelter. And the abuser? He left town and never returned.
When questioned about the reasons for his actions, the marine simply replied: “Dogs deserve defenders too.”
A father passing by his son's bedroom.
Noticed the room unusually clean and saw an envelope propped up prominently on the pillow. It was addressed, 'Dad'. With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter, with trembling hands.
Dear, Dad. It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend, because I wanted to avoid a scene with Mum and you.
I've been finding real passion with Stacy. She is so nice, but I knew you would not approve of her because of all her piercing's, tattoos, her tight Motorcycle clothes, and because she is so much older than I am.
But it's not only the passion, Dad. She's pregnant. Stacy said that we will be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods, and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children.
Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that mari*juana doesn't really hurt anyone. We'll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the other people in the commune for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want.
In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so that Stacy can get better. She sure deserves it!
Don't worry Dad, I'm 15, and I know how to take care of myself. Someday, I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your many grandchildren.
Love, your son, Josh
P.S . Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at Jason's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than the school report that's on the kitchen table. Call when it is safe for me to come home
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