a few weeks ago, i received a very disturbing email from a friend…it brewed up a lot of emotions inside my heart that i soooo badly wanted to write a blog about it the very moment i finished reading it..but i restrained myself for security reasons…don’t wanna jeopardize things for her..don’t wanna cause any trouble..after reading that very upsetting email, my emotions went berserk that they so so desperately wanted to be unleashed and my fingers were oh so damn itching to beat the keys up of my ramshackle keyboard.huh!! i terribly wanted to reply instantaneously to her message but unfortunately my ever so beautiful sister..not!!(heheh..joke ate yo!) had to use the pc..shish!! and for the next few days, my siblings had been playing online games non-stop, so i was again not able to use the pc..and when i finally was able to have the computer all to myself, yahoomail wo’nt f**kin’ open! huh! the frustration!! so the thursday that week, i had a 4 hour break and i was finally able to let loose all those pent up emotions..i am a person who just can’t help but show or vent out how i feel if i strongly believe in something..so my reply to her was rather long and it was on fire..her eyes might have burned reading it..heheh..i remembered telling my students during the 1st few days of class when we were talking about the overview of social psychology and conformity, and i told them, "i know it’s natural for people to try to conform, who wants to be be the butt of the joke "alin, alin, alin ang naiba?" right?..and it’s natural for people to avoid conflict..but i’ve always stressed out not to ever compromise their values or what they strongly believe in just because it is what’s popular or because that somebody involved is your friend..if you know something’s wrong, and you feel so intensely about it, then voice it out, God gave you your mouth to not let your saliva go stale but for you to be able to express what you truly feel!" i remembered having a friend and she was in pain because of an asshole, and when i talk to her, i don’t give her those sweet words of comfort..i give her the real deal,, i tell her she’s stupid (though not in a very harsh manner hah!) for believing in things the asshole was telling her..i wanted to knock her back to reality..and would sweet words do that?!! a big NO! I don’t believe you really are a true friend when you allow yourself to be blinded or allow yourself to be ok with things, when in fact they are not, and you just keep mum about it..i don’t think you are a true friend when you should have been jolting the person back into the real word, but you’re going with the flow, or you’re not doing anything to keep her from staying in that depressing state or your indulging her stupidity…well of course, you must not carelessly lash out harsh words to her..if you’re a real friend then you know what i’m talking about…need not explain further..
ok, what i’m gonna write here is not about what happened to the people involved but rather on the general theme of that correspondence..and i’m airing out some of the things that i felt so strongly about..and i sure damn wish she posts her blog that i was fortunate enough to read..huh!! just very well written and oh so damn powerful!! sent shivers down my spine! just can’t wait to have people read about it and feel the intensity of her writings..go ma’am!! ok goin back…
cheating…
"cheating implies the breaking of rules. many people consider cheating to be any violation to the mutually agreed upon rules or boundaries of a relationship"
cheating just stirs up a lot of sentiments from me…coming from a broken family, who would wonder why i’m so fired up when it comes to this topic right?
me and my friend came to a critical component of cheating especially if you already have little tykes with you.. i am just so enraged with people saying "STAY TOGETHER FOR THE KIDS!! that’s just absurd! that’s garbage! that’s baloney!! whoever made that principle that staying together even if your at each other’s throat or are acting as if the other is not around is damn healthy for the kids?! that’s so f*$kin’ old school!! and it just does not f*%kin’ work! saw my lovely parents stay under one roof and acting like they’re ready to jump each other’s back, and it was awful! So please lang, for those still stuck with this notion, GET A LIFE!!!
most people in relationships, when they are cheated upon, or when their significant other does something that would really hurt them,physical, emotional, verbal abuse, or whatever situation for that matter, they get hurt, of course who wouldn’t right? but instead of doing anything about it, they wallow in their sadness and pretend everything’s ok..or deny the pain and act ok, in fear of losing their beloved..but that’s gibberish! why the hell would you just sit still and not do anything about it just because you’re scared like shit that you’d lose the person you love? when i was in college, we were fortunate to attend a seminar about love, and i even wrote an article about it in our psyc publication: when we fall in love, we merge ego boundaries with our beloved..however there are people who become immensely engrossed with the merger that they forget their own selves..some just become too immersed in the union, that they sometimes lose their identities. it’s like they are so defined by the "US" that they forget the "I" already. it’s like they think they are incomplete without the other..but that’s ridiculous!!! that notion that we are halves, and up until we find somebody would we then be whole…CRAP!!! that’s just bull!! To those fans of the Jerry Maguire line, "YOU COMPLETE ME!", shame on you!! Why the hell do we need somebody to complete us?! If that’s the case, if something bad happens, like being cheated upon, being abused, they can’t do anything, or they just won’t do anything, even if it’s hurting like hell, because they’re scared that if they do something, it might make their other half leave or dump them for good..Or it’s ok NALANG to be hurt or be trampled upon rather than losing the other person..coz the "other person completes you lagi!" huh!! that’s rubbish!! Don’t lose yourself in the relationship, don’t let your self be defined by the relationship alone. Coz if it vanishes, what would be left of you?! Nothing na nuon! hala, those people who kill themselves because of love, just a case of lost identity…just because of that stupid "YOU COMPLETE ME" adage! puh-leazzze, before you met your wife, your husband, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, you were able to live your life, why in the world wouldn’t you be able to live without them again right if they do something really stupid to you! please think about it! you’re an individual, retain that individuality when you get in a relationship. wouldn’t it be better when there are 2 wholes together rather than 2 halves making a whole? wouldn’t it just be better?
back to cheating..for me there are 2 kinds of cheating: physical cheating and emotional cheating. physical cheating sure does hurt big time…when your in a relationship it is expected for you to be physically monogamous…though physical cheating is so damn hard, it may be possible that the person just had sex, or kissed somebody else, or held hands with another, but emotionally is not there..it’s just for the pleasure of it..and nothing more..but hell, i won’t tolerate physical cheating even if he’s doing it just for the sake of biga! i remembered one time while me and my partz were enjoying a few drinks and we got to the topic of cheating..i told him that if he ever gets to kiss another girl (whether he likes her or not), it’s over for me..and he said he feels the same way too..at least we’ve established a consensus on that! but huh! emotional cheating for me would be far more stinging!! your with someone but his heart is with somebody else, or your sharing his heart with somebody else..although he is not doing anything physical about it..shit! that would surely suck!!that would be a slap on the face! it’s like not having his heart all for yourself..and the scarier thing is when the other person gets the bigger percentage of his love..huh!! The thought of being cheated on is scary..and i sure do pray it would not happen to me…i’d rather be dumped than cheated! so before you feast on someother chick, get rid of me first..as i’ve told wati, "i don’t wanna share" it’s either i have all of him or nothing. i’d rather him be mean than love and lie! but if ever i’d be cheated upon (oh God, please no!), it would feel like i’m being stabbed a hundred times, i’d cry, i’d cry my heart out..i know i’d lash out stingy words, i’d probably give one last scream fest, then i’d leave, and then i’d drink from my cup of grievance, i’d allow myself to be angry, to feel intense, what’s the point of pretending to be ok right? i’m hurt, i’m in pain, so why not feel every bit of it..and even though it might take a long time for me, i sure have no doubt i’ll get over it and i’d be happy again!!