What does Leonard see in Penny?

Thanks PJ, very generous of you to say so.

Let me bore you with a story.. When I was a kid, my dad worked in the service industry and I would sometimes tag along. I remember this one home where the couple just sniped at each other instead of speaking as friends. In the living room was a large picture of their wedding some 40 plus years earlier, and they were happy and beaming in the photo. I wondered how they got from that happy day to now - and that bothered me and stuck with me forever.

When I met my wife, I was in an on again- off again relationship with a girl who was my physical type. She was fun but was never my friend. I met my wife and although she wasn't "my type", I went out with her a few times as a "fall back" during the "off again" time. Well, by three months I knew I was going to marry her. She was intelligent and very funny and that uncomfortable period when dating someone new was gone almost immediately, and I looked forward to seeing her after work almost every evening. When my on again - off again girlfriend called me a few weeks later to invite me over, she was stunned when I told her we were done.

You say my wife is lucky but if you knew her, you'd know that I'm the lucky one. We've been together since 1979 and when I come home, she lights up like she did when we first started dating. Most men are lucky enough to see the love in a woman's eyes at least once, but I've been seeing it for over 40 years, and to be honest, I often feel guilty.

With regard to Leonard, he definitely fell into the cave man scenario of being physically attracted to Penny first (something that made sense a million years ago). To her credit, she did have a good heart and she grew up, something some women never do. BTW, my old on again - off again girl was married twice (divorced now). I'm friends with her on social media and she does seem to have grown up, but it took her too long.