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Unrequited love

Jul 2, 2019

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned".

This quote is adapted from a line in the play "The Mourning Bride", by an English playwright and poet, William Congreve.  The original quote reads "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned".  It means that no one is angrier than a woman who has been rejected by love.

Love has no boundaries, no reason, and defies logic.  Some women follow their hearts, while others follow their heads. 

Your head tells you this is all wrong, but your heart has taken control of your mind.  You know it is a black hole and still plunge into it.  You misread every telltale sign and hope that it will go the way you wish.   You can't eat, you can't sleep.  You see his face whether you are awake or asleep.  You stare at the phone all day hoping that by will power you can make it ring.  And when it finally does, you are disappointed that it is somebody else.  That goes with SNS messages too.

You talk with every friend that you have, even strangers such as cab drivers, hoping that someone can offer you some intelligent advice.   When everyone tells you to give up and move on, you think they are all wrong.

Then one day you finally realize that all those people who tell you to give up and move on are right.  You finally realize that you do have to move on, that's when love turns to hatred.  You hate him so much that you wish he is dead, 100 times, you wish that black magic exists so you can place a curse on him.  You try to think of 100 reasons why you should forget about him and that he is not worth your love.  You also imagine 100 scenarios which he will die tragically, like struck by lightning, hit by 2 trucks, his roof collapses on him…etc.  

However, you can't resist the urge to check his Facebook pictures for the 200th time, and then when you see his pictures, you cry. This love and hatred pattern goes on for a while, depending on the woman, it can last from a few days to a few weeks to a few months. 

Finally, when you no longer cry or curse him when you look at his Facebook pictures, or if you can resist the temptation to look at his pictures, then you are healed.  You can finally move on.  The sad part is, even after you move on, he is in your mind forever, like a scar that never goes away.

 

 

 

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