My life revolves around people with complicated life stories.
My friend Arti, is in trouble. Through no fault of her own.
She got into trouble merely for being the nice person, for wanting to help her best friend. Little did she know that it only pushed her into the gaping hole of trouble.
Her best friend was proposed by her current boyfriend. She said “yes”. But in truth, she was still deeply in love with her ex-boyfriend, with whom she broke up because he did not want to go into that direction. Now, as they are inching towards their wedding day, the ex-boyfriend suddenly proposed to her. And being the foolish girl in love, she is suddenly placed in a very difficult situation.
She is stressed out. She disappeared. And being the closest friend of hers, Arti was so concerned to know that she never returns her phonecalls, never replies to her sms-es. This friend of hers practically “vanished”. And being the closest friend, she was the one to ask of the whereabouts of this girl. And she was soon dragged into a huge family problem.
The fiancé looked her up. To no avail. And he interrogated Arti. He even used foul words and manipulated scenarios.
It turned out, this girl, was with her ex all along. And now, she is not allowed to leave her room. All calls are barred. She will not receive any messages from her friends. For God knows how long. Arti’s guess is, until their wedding day.
My friend Nia, is in trouble. She’s stuck between a mother and her son.
The mother of her best friend’s just knew about her son being what he is now. And she still cannot take things pretty well.
The problem is, Nia is very close with the mother. And the mother seems very comfortable in consulting to her, seeking comfort, and all the rest. She even literally asked her to be her daughter-in-law.
Nia, being the nice girl she always is, is now stuck. She cannot not console the mother. All the while she’s having a real hard time in dealing with her friend, who despite all, come to her about the boyfriend he’s now seeing, sulking that he’s changed, and all that. She wants to bring him to his senses, but she cannot just sit still and not find another.
She simply cannot get rid of him.
My friend Tira, is in trouble. She almost cut herself out from her only family.
She made a pretty rushed decision. She’s basically in love. The boyfriend lives far away, overseas. He’s been telling her that they will soon get married. And she will someday have to live in the states.
The mother, of course, having only one child, refuses to let her go. And refuses to come along with the child and live with them in the foreign land.
Now, it seems the surface is calm, back to normal. But the mother suspects differently. She now thinks that the guy doesn’t take things seriously. That the guy is about to hurt the only child’s feelings.
And things are difficult now because the two people can’t tell the truth to each other anymore.
My friend Oji, is in trouble. She’s in love. And she knows it will not last.
Her relationship with her boyfriend is totally controversial. They are seeing each other regardless of the fact that they have totally different principles. Not only are they different in religion, they are also different in race, which, to some is a big deal.
The problem with her is, she thinks she has changed. She turned down so many interesting offers, just because she knows the boyfriend will not approve of it. She basically succumb to everything that she was not, because she’s in love with him. And she’s afraid she might end up hurting.
My friend Dini, is in trouble. Her best friend is a jerk.
She hooked him up with her other best friend. And only now does it occur to her that it might not be the best idea after all. Since she comes around that her best friend is actually the filthiest walking creature in the entire planet.
But what’s done cannot be undone. What’s said cannot be unsaid.
She cannot take things back, especially not since the jerk decided to make a move on her bestfriend.
My friend Dhya, is in trouble. He is bored.
Moving out of his old company which seemed to be a good idea at the time doesn’t seem like the best decision he’d made. His usually fast pace now takes its toll. He feels bored. The problem is, he just moved. And moving again would probably make him look bad.
Why is life so complicated these days?
These good people deserve to be happy. They deserve peace of mind.
But why this?
And I think that
MY life is complicated?
