As I was watching Friends Season 2, where Monica broke off with Richard because of incompatible future viewpoints, Monica could not eat, sleep or practically do anything without thinking of Richard.
Only when her father came to her house and told her that he saw Richard on his way to Monica's house and said that Richard was feeling terrible as well, Monica was then able to get her well-deserved rest.
I was wondering to myself, is this love? To see someone that you love hurt as much as you or even more?
How is that love? Isn’t love about putting that person’s needs in front of yours? Giving sacrificially even though you know that s/he may not reciprocate?
One of the most self-sacrificing love I’ve ever seen is my mom’s to my dad. I mean, she could be giving out her everything to make sure that his wounds are all right, caring about him, and the next thing that happens, BAM, he hurts her again.
Seeing such things happen in my parents’ marriage cause me to never believe in love, let alone marriage.
Come on, the thought of getting married to someone and being forced into taking care of him simply because you have made a pledge at the altar scares the heck out of me.
I don’t want to be a sacrificial lamb. I don’t want my guy to believe that he is stuck with me for his lifetime. I don’t want to feel as though I’m being forced to do things for him.
Sometimes, I wonder… does love equate to marriage?
I simply don’t believe in both.
I believe in the love God has for me, I believe in kinship love, I believe in friendship love. But… love between a guy and a girl? It will never last.
Or does it?
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