Vintage or old

Sometimes new is it. There is no charm in vintage underwear or vintage food (with the exception of matured cheese). But for many things vintage is really the thing. There is vintage wine, there is vintage fashion and accessories and there is definitely vintage furniture and household items. It's always possible to make bargains, but often the price rather indicates that we are willing to pay a fair price for the patina that comes with a vintage bag.

So how about vintage friendships? Or vintage relationships? Can you dust off an old friendship that was left years ago to find a new, may be different friendship than you used to have? Can you find something new and different in a relationship that ended years ago for good reasons?

You hear about people getting married to the same person for the third time and you hear about other people who find their best friend from toddler age and how the friendship starts a new. May be the years apart creates the necessary patina that we are drawn to, just like the vintage chandeliers. Or may be we just happen to be back on the same road in life after a well needed detour where other friendships and relationships developed.

Anyway, there is something much more appealing with the word "vintage" than with the word "old".