Happy couple I know

Happy Couple I know

Think of a couple that you know
Today, I want to introduce my host father and mother as a happy couple. Even though I know them since I have stayed in their house, just 4 month, I’m certain that they are happy couple. Some of them will be surprised that I didn’t choose my mother and father. Actually, now I’m suffered from homesickness a little bit, so I don’t want to be upset more after writing this journal. Probably, my parents, who are also the happy couple, don’t want me to be upset too.

What are they personalities like?
My host father Joe and host mother Rannimae are similar to each other. I mean, their reaction, characteristic, viewpoint, even their appearance are similar. Because my mother and father’s personalities’ are very different- while my mother is very lively and sociable, so always supposes her opinions, my father is so quite and acceptable- I used to think that the best couple should have different personalities. Now, my thinking is changing for my homestay father and mother are very lively and sociable. Recently, I learned some word for the expression of personal characteristics, they are perfectly fitting of the word “perceivers” which is very open-mind, divergent and flexible using the time.

Why do you think that they are happy couple?
One of the reasons that I thought they are happy couple is that my homestay father Joe calls Rannimae as a nickname. I just deem that her nickname is from Hawaiian because sometimes her father also called her like that. (Because I don’t know how to write that name, I just say “nickname”. Moreover, I venerate my host mother’s nickname, I thought that the nickname is for her intimacy.) Compared to Korea, it is very unique because in Korea we’ve never called spouse’s’ name directly. Koreans have called their spouses as “thou”. They really seem to like each other, and sometimes, they look so good friends. I think that this is the factor which the best couple should have.



Adding:

(What do they enjoy doing separately and together?
Would you be happy in your situation?)

I deliberately delete some questions from Kris’ wonderful suggestions because both of them are very difficult to me. One of the questions which is that do they enjoy doing separately and together is that I don’t know because my host father and mother, even my father and mother didn’t separate well. Another which is would you be happy in your situation is that I don’t know too because I don’t know. (..) I’m certain that it’s very difficult for me to define some abstract words including the happy.