This is the story of a friend of mine.
“02/01/2007 10:32:41 AM.
The Boy: BUZZ!!!
The Boy: You disappeared for so long, deep-sea diving?
The Girl: Hey there! Just back from my hometown.
The Girl: Now me unemployed!
The Girl: Well, I’ve just got married.
The Girl: You changed your number so couldn’t get you for invitation.
(Silence…)
The Boy: Well, great! Who seems to be the lucky guy?
The Boy: Wondering if I know him…
The Girl: You’ve never met him.
The Boy: Guess he’s from our hometown, too? And working here in this city?
The Girl: He’s from Vinh, a militia officer working in Hanoi.
(Silence…)
The Girl: Err, anything new?
The Boy: Me still the same, working in IT and electro field.
The Boy: It’s quite simple, you know, the business, trading…
(Silence…)
The Girl: You know, I thought we could be a nice couple….
The Girl: But I did not see any green signals from you so I turned to another road
The Boy: You’re hurting me with those words…
The Boy: You did know for sure that I felt for you so much back then.
The Girl: But you didn’t say anything…
The Boy: I SHOWED things. I heard that you had a boyfriend so I could just, you know, basically do the “dump love” thing.
(Silence…)
The Girl: Well, I translated your silence to “I’m not feeling for you”. It’s so…
The Boy: I’m starting to feel miserable again. Please don’t tease…
The Girl: I’m not teasing you. It’s true no matter if you believe or not.
(Silence…)
(Silence…)
(Silence…)
The Girl: Well, I gotta go. Catch you later?
The Boy: Alright, wish you two all the best.
(The Girl has signed out at 02/01/2007 10:49:54 AM)”
In my opinion, I do hate a boy doing the “Silent sacrifice” thing in love. Instead of fighting for his chance, all that he does is just holding his restrained feeling and waiting for his girl, hoping that she would turn around, while in fact, both of a girl’s eyes are at front.
I really love one of Will Smith’s best movies; the “Hitch” that I’ve just watched again yesterday. It points out why grabbing, and if there are none – creating, opportunities is so much important.
