Dating : Coffee in Our Cups

Every morning
I make coffee

I have the beans
The grinder

Sometimes I use the fancy pour over
Most days I use the plain old Mr. Coffee machine

My husband says why
Why is this always bitter

I say it really isn’t
It’s fine

I put in sugar, mocha mix, creamer, milk
Not all at once, but usually a combo of two

Still bitter, he says
He asks for freeze dried Folgers

Instant
Powdered coffee

And this is good to him
This is coffee to him

He said it is what his grandparents used to drink
It reminds him of the late 60’s and early 70’s

Of being a boy
I say my grandparents drank this stuff too

In the 80’s, early 90’s
We are both Gen X

Even though he insists in a teasing fashion that I am somehow
A Millennial

Sources say, survey says, no, he opens the Generation, and I close it
A span of 15 years between us

But we always find ways
To connect

To enjoy
To share in sweet moments that are just our own

Across any divide
across any gap

Even if we are each drinking different coffee
In our cups