What do they talk about? Nothing spectacular. Parents, death, former boyfriends and girlfriends, music, and the problem with reincarnation when there are more people alive now than in all previous times put together (if there is a finite number of souls, are we living in a period of a 5-to-1 split?). – Roger Ebert on Before Sunset

I have watched that movie several times now—with various people. Some groaned, “Boring” or kept their lips tight to say a polite “It was good”.

But to me, it has been that odd instinctive connection you have with someone. It’s rare. It’s natural and uncontrived. It’s so much beyond meet cute.

But I wonder how often that happens with someone that you have “known” for a long time. Is it that one moment you suddenly have a strange connection…and you want to spend time with them over and over again? I wonder how many couples often meet each other like that—beyond just surface attraction.

I remember a conversation in 2006 that I had about horchata and taco trucks. That was the moment for me. Innocent, untouched, and familiar.