How much could the person you love change, and still remain the same person to whom you'd made your promise? We don't expect our lovers to remain the same over the course of a long relationship. In fact, if you're married at sixty-five to the same person you married when you were twenty, your marriage has probably failed. But there are changes, over time, that spell doom for a marriage, although exactly what these are, and to what degree, varies from couple to couple. For some people, vast changes over time make no difference to the fundamental sense of devotion one soul has for another. But for others, relatively small changes can push things to the breaking point: gaining or losing weight, gaining or losing faith, gaining or losing wealth. How does any relationship survive in the end, when change is the only constant? .Jennifer Finney Boylan
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In the late 60's, a new law was passed that required all drivers to be licensed. In other words, all persons who drive a car should have a license. So the DMV began to take applications from people who would like to be part of this newly formed licensing system. At first, they received a few hundred applicants a day, and soon their task was covered by a large group of people.
However, this did not last long. Soon the number of applicants began to drop off. By day 5, there were only 10 people in line.
On day 6 there were only 5. On the 7th day there were only 2 applicants. By 9th day there was no one in line at the DMV.
In the end, the DMV had finished processing all applicants for licenses and had issued licenses to everyone who met their requirements for licensure.
Source: Long Black Veil
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