Forever

I don't know if they do this in other countries, but in Japan giddy couples love to decorate fences that overlook a large body of water with pad-locks with their names on it. I guess it symbolizes how their love will last forever. It makes me wonder how many people keep a spare key so they can remove the lock later.

It also gives me an idea for a new business. I could document all the locks around the area, regularly updating my database. When someone wants to research how many un-breakable relationships their new lover has been in (or their current long-term lover) for a fee they can search my database for locks with the same name / handwriting.