Hi y'all, it’s past midday in Lag and I’ve just read this email from a guy about an April fool related incidence which he wants me to share with you. But first I want to thank everyone who took time to send me emails; I appreciate your private comments and really hope all things work together for our collective good. Thanks again.
To the main gist, I’m just going to paste the body of his email. Reflect on it and feel free to express your thoughts as usual. Here:
“It was April fool’s day a couple of years ago and my girlfriend of three years thought to test my professed love. Her idea was to tearfully tell me that she had just been diagnosed with HIV. You know, we had talked about the virus a few times in the past and she knew I dreaded it. I’d even lost a dear friend to it months before. So she planned and staged her thing with the connivance of one of her friends.
Naturally, I was disheartened but I took the news in good faith because I really loved her and wanted to be with her. But she won’t stop crying that day. She wanted me to leave her but I wouldn’t. I reaffirmed my love instead and made her promise to tell no other person so we could quietly work out our lives together. It didn’t matter if she had the virus or not; I loved her and was going to marry her. I was resolute in my decision, so I began to work out a plan for us in my head.
The next thing I knew, she emerged from the room with her friend, laughing and saying it was all a joke. I was dazed to my feet at how far she had taken her prank; she’d cried real tears for hours and wouldn’t be pacified that day at my place. I realized how close she had brought us to ending our relationship and became angry. What if I had snapped and turned my back on her in the heat of that moment? People spontaneously do crazy things when they panic. If I had panicked, it means she would have judged all my love as a lie, just like that!
For one, I was happy I passed my test but thinking about it, I wondered if she would have passed hers. Beyond April fool, HIV & AIDS is real, when actually confronted by it, would she stick it with me? Does she love me as much as I love her? These thoughts nagged in my head and painfully wouldn’t pass for days until I resolved to do something about it. When I finally called for us to actually get tested, she thought I was nuts but I meant it. Several debates and arguments later, we had the test and………wait for it………….I tested positive.
Need I tell you what followed? Yours truly was abandoned. She failed my own April fool and up till as I write to you, doesn’t know about my arrangement with the lab. For what it’s worth, I’m glad about this whole episode because not only do I now know my status and now live my best life staying safe, I escaped marrying the wrong woman.”
Hmmm……intriguing, right? If you’ve been following my blog, you know the koko. By way of signing off today, I’d like to say that while you’re at liberty to try out your relationship the way you want, please for love’s sake, go easy and do not put your partner through a test you cannot pass. God bless you and give you the wisdom you need to make the best of your relationship. I love you but He loves you more!
Stay sassy!
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