Fahrenheit 451 - Where They Met

In the first part of Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag ask his wife, Mildred, where they met. Guy is unable to remember where they met, for a moment Mildred can not remember either. Then she decides that it really is not a very big deal and forgets about. Something about the fact he can not remember where he met his wife troubles Guy greatly. All this is during the time where Guy is beginning to think about the things that Clarisse, a young girl, has been saying. Guy is incredibly torn between the life he has known for his entire existence and the strangely interesting and different life the he feels Clarisse is offering. Guy is reluctant to go at first but as realization of how fake is life is dawn on him he feels the urge to join in with Clarisse. I think the point where he wife and him were unable to come up with where they met was of huge importance to how Guy eventually decided to change his life. Imagine, the one person you should love unconditionally and should love you back without pause or thought about it. That one person is unable to recall how you even met each other. A moment celebrated in our reality by many couples. It is not rare to see two people late in their life, possibly even close to death fondly recalling the exact day an moment they met each other. Where they were, how they met, what they said everything is clear as day to many people. So why is it then that Guy is completely at a loss for figuring out such an important thing, and his wife is at a loss for it as well. It is rather sad to read about, it seems as if Guy is realizing he barely knows the person he has lived and loved with for almost ten years. They can not even remember where they met each other. They seemingly are almost complete stranger, trophies on their respective mantles.