 My first love was the best thing that happened
to me on my 20th birthday. The best present my parents gave me,
was to take on a cruise which was two days. The boat was loaded.
Among the people was this handsome young man who seemed like
6ft tall, and180 pounds. He snatched my heart at the first sight.
Remember this was my first time to fall in love with a stranger.
I had no experience at all on how to get a man’s Attention.
I thought of dropping my glass which was full of wine. It worked
like magic! The guy came running and tried to make feel comfortable
by telling me that it had happened to him too last week. He to
k by the hand and asked me to sit with him. His name was David.
We exchanged phone numbers, and I went back to my parents before
they started looking for me. After awhile, we started dating
seriously. My first love taught me a lot of good things and bad
ones too. The first thing I learned was patience. One day I went
to visit David and he was parking things. "Where are you
going"? I asked. He looked at me with a smile and said,
all my life I dreamed of going to America. I'm planning to spend
two years, and then I’ll come back for my first love. Those
words, "my first love", woke my brains up, because
I didn't know that I was his first love too. Although, I didn't
like the idea of going to America, I had nothing to say since
I was not asked for my opinions.
I went home and broke the news to my lovely
mother, she was so upset. She took me outside and started yelling
at me. "Listen,
and listen carefully, there is no way you're going to
wait for this runaway boyfriend in my house." My
father intervened, and calmed her down by telling her that
he was going to do
whatever
it will take make sure that
David marry me before he leaves. Patiently I waited, until
he came with his people and paid for my bridal price. In my
tradition,
if a man paid for your bridal price, you automatically become
his wife. David entrusted me to his childhood friend James.
I was still waiting for my husband, until my father got sick.
We
were so poor, and my mother
blamed everything on me.
I went to David's friend and
asked him for help. He gave me some money, but still it wasn't
enough. My father got worse,
and I
had to go back to James for more money. This time it wasn't
easy as I thought. He asked me if I could sleep with him.
I refused,
and he told to choose between my father's life, and a one
night stand. My love for my first love was so strong, and
I thought
nothing will ever make me loose my faithfulness. That day
I had to loose it, because my father was everything in my
life.
Eventually,
my father got better. But guess what? I was pregnant. My
mothers force me to go and live with James because she never
believed
in an absent husband as she used to call him.
James was so happy and told me all the lies
about David. He told me that he was married and they were expecting
their
first
child.
After two years, David come back to meet his first love.
My mother told him that I was married to a rich man not
a runaway
husband
as she used to call him.
At first I was so mad at him, but after he proved
his innocence, I felt so ashamed. My first love was still strong.
I went back to my parents, my mother was not happy, but my father
promised to explain my situation to David. I thought my mistake
was unforgivable; our love was stronger than I ever imagined.
He took me back, my mother apologized to us and she said that
now she believes that true love still exists. Since then, I live
with my first love.
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