saying bread and butter when separating after holding hands due to some obstacle takes away the curse that might have been incurred due to the separation. this scene was so touching. i kept wondering what bread and butter meant. adrian and trudy monk equates to true love between a husband and a wife.
Sharona Fleming: Adrian, can I ask you something? If it's none of my buisiness, I promise I'll shut up.
Adrian Monk: [smiling] I doubt it.
Sharona Fleming: What did Trudy mean by 'bread and butter?'
Adrian Monk: Whenever Trudy and I were walking somewhere, we would hold hands, and if there was a lamp post or somebody walked between us and we had to let go for a second, she'd always say 'bread and butter'.
Sharona Fleming: So when she died...
Adrian Monk: Yeah, I think it was a message for me. She was saying, "I have to let go now for a little while, but it won't be forever."
snll drifted away at 8:17 AM
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