I Can See Right Up Your Nose

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So, it’s family picture time or wedding photos or engagement photos or just plain old couple photos.  Do you do this pose?  And if so, why? 

Thomas and I are unable to look deeply into each other’s eyes without busting a gut.  Every time we try one of us says, “I love you.  I love you so much.” And then the other one says, “No, I love you.  I love YOU so much.”  And then we die laughing.

Can anybody do it with a straight face and, if you can, what the hell are you thinking about to keep from laughing?  Your dog dying?  Your brand new car getting keyed?  The Seahawks losing Super Bowl XL, f’ing refs?  We cannot do it.  If you can, applause to you.

Now Vince Gill and Amy Grant have got it going on.  Their love is pure and everlasting, you can just tell by their meaningful looks.

This pose has a name and description:

“Intimate Look” (Standing)

“A casual portrait with the couple staring into each other’s eyes meaningfully. This can be taken in either profile or from the point of view of one of the subjects. Expression can be either serious or smiling.”

Yah, Thomas and I look at each other meaningfully.  You know like the dictionary says,

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meaningfully - in a meaningful manner; so as to be meaningful; "He glanced at her meaningfully".

That definition used meaningful to define meaningfully two times.  Seriously?

For Thomas and I, we like to use the word meaningfully as stolen from a line in the book “A Dead Liberty” by Catherine Aird, especially when gazing into each other’s eyes (meaningfully).

“She served him chili con carne," said Sloan meaningfully.

And then we go get tacos because now we are in the mood for Mexican food.