new underwear

While travelling to office in the morning I was thinking about a lot of things like I always do...I was looking at school children, tired women, cracked heels and the afternoon sun. Amongst other things I was thinking how I needed to go an buy some new underwear.. mine were still in good shape, comfortable, no holes and not faded or discoloured but they were a year old...and I just thought I had to have new ones. Then suddenly another thought popped up...arent relationships like underwear? Like new underwears are crisper, you take more time to settle in with them, you keep them more carefully, you make sure they are washed carefully, you keep a tab on them for a while and then after a few washes they become just another underwear...of course some are still more special than the others but you are still take them for granted and expect them to be there in your drawers. You no more keep them wrappd in teh the bag you bought them in or keep them only for special ocassions....dont we all need new underwears in our relationships? When we take our partners for granted...they are comfortable, not torn, well-worn, not faded but they are just 'old'.....hmmmm.....sigh...maybe I should go shopping