Coupledom #1

Today's Witter looks at the mysteries and wonders of Coupledom.
By this, I mean that special connectedness which occurs when two people have been together for a significant length of time. There is no standardised moment when this change kicks in - it depends on the couple. The depth and nature of the connectedness varies too.

Today, my good friend Normski told me about an interesting evening spent with her husband [we'll call him James T- he's a proud Trekkie]. After a tiring day in the workaday world, she was lounging and musing in front of the tv. She told him that she felt the need for a holiday in the sun, somewhere exotic, with a hammock and coconuts...[You get the picture]

"Thinking of coconuts..." cried James T, leaping from his much loved recliner, " I have something for you!" He shot across the livingroom, pulled open a drawer and promptly pulled out - a coconut.
Normski described the moment as quite surreal. James T, on the other hand, was delighted. He beamed at her with obvious pride while she was slack jawed with astonishment.
Once she recovered something of her composure she asked him why he had a coconut and why he'd kept it in the drawer in the livingroom.

"It's our magical connection. Your thinking...my thinking..." he murmured, returning to his recliner as if he'd conquered a Klingon battle fleet.

"No, seriously. Why did you have a coconut in a livingroom drawer?" insisted Normski.

"Aaaaaaaah," he replied, adopting a I'm - an -intergalactic - man - of -mystery - me expression. Normski was baffled. He offered no further explanation and savoured his self satisfaction like a gourmet savours a truffle.

"Could it be he's planning a romantic getaway," I suggested, " and this is the first of a series of clues...?" Normski didn't think so. She said the coconut was bald and a bit scabby looking. It didn't trigger romantic notions. Not for her anyway.

He thinks he has amazed her with his spontaneity. She thinks he is one phaser short of an arsenal.