Twenty-five kinds of love stories

When we think of "love story" we invariably think of boy meets girl. It is interesting to try to come up with 25 story situations that, at some level, qualify as love stories.

1. musician, e.g. violinist/violist, "in love" with a particular instrument they cannot have/afford
2. child's love for an animal, puppy or cat
3. 50 year old woman's love for a female cousin who is very bright and a privilege to talk and listen to but who lives 1900 miles away
4. love of a male college student, a comfortable homey kind of love, for a piecc of artwork that hangs above a friend's couch in her apartment . . . that suddenly disappears
5. love of an older woman for a gentleman (maybe he has trouble walking) that she brings meals to thru "meals on wheels"
6. love of a high school student for an older who thinks he is okay, but not boyfriend material
7. love of a man for a business, construction - maybe, that he has been involved with all his life
8. love of a person for a building that represents his highest ideals - a lawyer for a court building
9. a woman's love of beautiful things to adorn herself with - clothes, jewelry, makeup
10. a man's love of being the center of attention -- quarterback, singles tennis player, etc
11. a person's love of God
12. a person's love of the trappings of religion that make her feel comfortable, like the long extemporaneous prayers I grew up with in the Baptist church, the women in all their finery, the children dressed up like little dolls, the pews made of wood (justice) but with seat cushions (mercy)
13. a girl's love for the first car she was given by her father, a convertible muscle car that spelled independence
14. love of an old, decrepit Golden Retriever for a feisty (and always cold) dachshund puppy who wants to alternately play and snuggle
    
15. love of an older woman's body (used to being pushed, pulled, exercised, made-up, etc) for yoga, a discipline of listening to the needs of the body and treating it respectfully
16. love of a creature for its homespace (like Maxie and her crate)
17. the way a piece of paper adores the pen that writes on it
18. the love of a person, criminal maybe, for the key to his safety deposit box, the symbol of the security represented by the money/valuables stored in the box
19. the (twisted) love of a boss for a junior employee who doesn't know his own worth that is very valuable to the company
20. the love of a young for a piece of jewelry that her mother owns that will be given to the on a significant birthday/for a significant event
21. the love of a wannabe writer for stories that affirm that life has meaning, that encourage people, that redeem even as they tell stories of redemption
22. the love of ayounger woman, recently married, for an aunt who is everything her mother isn't --- at least she thinks she is -- honest, cool, elegant, tall and thin, wealthy
23. the love of a teenager for her mother's boyfriend -- he is attentive, charming, very masculine, entertaining -- unfortunately for the teenager, he is also a e
24. the love of a woman for her psychiatrist
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