Phantom Reborn

A friend of mine, a very sentimental one, was recently separated from her ex. After the excruciating confession which she is forced to accept with open arms (though she was the one who suggested the separation first hand), days of her life had never been the same.

She was in deep sorrow for 24 hours a day, those nights were like those for the vampires. She experienced countless sleepless nights, with only tears as her loyal companion.

She kept her mind occupied with suicidal attempts. But fortunately, her inner voice which keeps telling her not to do silly things saved her eventually. Family & friends who love her would be left behind should she committed suicide.

But things got a twist when another guy came over and wooed her. Easily, she somehow convinced herself that this guy would be the eternal half of her life, the love of her life, the one person who will stay besides her till she dies, yea.. that is a typical and ideal ideology of what you call everlasting love.

But when we started a conversation not so long ago, she opened up the topic about her past relationship. Yes, the one which caused her to nearly kill herself. But I was shocked when she told me that her ex was a useless wimp, and things are better off without him.

What the hell? I mean, what is this? Is this just a mere different paradigms in life? Shockingly, a relationship which you once thought as a precious gift, can be blown away with a somewhat ignorant and arrogant statement, just like that? A relationship which you used to put so much efforts in it, can be removed from your life.

What? Now, love seems... able to be replaced by another individual so mercilessly. Just wondering... Are we taking things too lightly, especially in serious issues such as a relationship? Is abandoning a seemingly fruit-bearing relationship a free & easy thing to do?