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running down the hallway, turned on the light, and we all
looked at Charlie lying still.
Pete and Patsy have never forgotten me, and I have
never forgotten them. Charlie did revive in a few minutes,
but he did not come back to my room. In fact, Pete and
Patsy told me later that Charlie never went back to that
bedroom again.
After my abuse of Charlie, I wasn’t sure whether Pete
and Patsy would still want to take me to the airport the next
day or if they would have any further interest in me.
However, my fears vanished when, after the seminar, Pete
said, “Dr. Chapman, I have been to many seminars, but I
have never heard anyone describe Patsy and me as clearly
as you. That love language idea is true. I can’t wait to tell
you our story!”
A few minutes after saying good-byes to those
attending the seminar, we were in the car for our forty-five-
minute drive to the airport. And Pete and Patsy began to
tell me their story. In the early years of their marriage, they
had tremendous difficulties. But some twenty-two years
earlier, all of their friends agreed that they were the “perfect
couple.” Pete and Patsy certainly believed that their
marriage was “made in heaven.”
They had grown up in the same community, attended
the same church, and graduated from the same high
school. Their parents had similar lifestyles and values. Pete
and Patsy enjoyed many of the same things. They both
liked tennis and boating, and they often talked about how