He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, had
many guys chasing after her, while he was so normal,
nobody paid attention to him. At the end of
the party, he invited her to have coffee with him.
She was surprised but due to politeness, she agreed.

They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous
to say anything; she felt uncomfortable, she thought,
"Please let me backhome...
" Suddenly he asked the waiter, "Would you please give me some
salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee."
Everybody stared at him, it was so strange! His face
turned red but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.

She asked him curiously, "Why do you have this
preference?"

He replied, "When I was a little boy, I lived near
the sea. I like playing in the sea, I'd feel the taste of the sea,
salty and bite, just like the taste of the salty coffee.
Now every time I have the salty coffee, I will
think of my childhood, think of my hometown.
I miss my hometown so much; I
miss my parents who still living there."

While saying that, tears started to fill his eyes.
She was deeply touched.
That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart.

"A man who can say out his homesick, he must be a
man loves home, cares about home, has responsibility for home,
" she thought to herself.

Then she also started to talk about her faraway
hometown, her childhood, her family.
That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of
their story.

They continued to date. She found out that actually,
he was a man who could meet all her demands:
he was tolerant, kind-hearted, warm, careful.
He was such a good guy but she almost missed him!
But thanks to his salty coffee,
she had the opportunity to know him.

Then the story was just like any other beautiful
love story: the Princess got married to the Prince
and they were lived happily ever after. And,
everytime she made coffee for him, she would put
some salt in the coffee, as she knew that's the way he
liked it.

After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter
which said:
"My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole
life lie. This was the only lie I said to you --- the salty coffee.
Remember the first time we dated?
I was so nervous at that time, actually I
wanted some sugar, but I said salt.

It's hard for me to change so I just went ahead. I
never thought that could
be the start of our communication! I tried to tell
you the truth many times
in my life but I was too afraid to do that, as I've
promised not to lie to you for anything...

Now that I'm dying, I am afraid of nothing so I tell
you the truth:
I don't like the salty coffee, what a strange bad taste...

But I have the salty coffee for my whole life since
I knew you, I never felt sorry for anything I do for you.
Having you with me is my biggest
happiness of my whole life. If I can live for the
second time, I still want to know you
and have you as my whole life partner,
my dear wife, even if I have to drink
the salty coffee again."

Her tears made the letter totally wet.

One day, someone asked her, "What's the taste of
salty coffee?"

"It's sweet," she replied