Sunday, May 21, 2017

Love Can Be Learned

When I was new in the air conditioning company that I worked with, I met one of the most arduous girls I’ve ever met so far. She was one of the secretaries. I learned right away that she was hopelessly in love with the chief engineer.
Being a new girl in the company, I guess she felt right to see me as a threat. At that time, I was still a young, naughty and stubborn girl myself. I knew how my co-worker felt, both of them. The girl was obsessed and the guy felt suffocated. Honestly, I felt that the guy wasn’t interested but was just too polite to tell the girl that he didn’t like her at all. Well, it wasn’t my business and I had no intention of getting entangled with a complicated soon-to-be love affair. That was until the girl got jealous of me and started throwing me dagger-like looks.
Well, I felt, somehow, flattered, that she saw me as a threat. First and foremost, I wasn’t even pretty and second, the guy wasn’t even paying me special attention except for the usual and casual co-worker to co-worker banter. So, I thought, she need not feel threatened in any way. After all, she made it perfectly clear in the entire office that HE was HERS and hers alone.
Then, she began having tantrums, snapping at the guy and throwing things on the floor like stapler, puncher and even harmless little paper clips. I guess the guy was starting to feel embarrassed for how his girlfriend was acting in the office. He even apologized to me once for her behavior, though I found it unnecessary. Then, I overheard them arguing as quietly as they could. Then, the girl started to go on hunger strike. She started not to eat lunch and when she fell ill, she wanted the guy to take her to the hospital. Uuuggh! Wasn’t that lame?
Lame as it was.. It worked! After half a year, there was a rumor that the two were getting married. The girl was pregnant. I was, believe it or not, happy for her. But looking at the guy, his wasn’t really the face of a happy groom. Well, maybe he learned to love the girl alright, but maybe he wasn’t ready for marriage yet.
What more can I say, but that.. her patience paid off!

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