A few months back, my marriage took a terminal down-hill path. It was messy, heart-wrenching and absolutely traumatic. Right now, I still find myself hurting whenever I am reminded of the chain of events that lead to what happened. Even after my husband came back home after leaving us for almost two months, when I saw those damn pictures of that girl - her pictures in my husband’s phone with them side by side in something that looked like this…
it’s as if my heart is being stabbed. It is too painful that it translates to a physical pain.
I am a very possessive and jealous person. On the otherhand, let me identify and justify the reasons for my seemingly blown out proportion jealousy and anger towards this girl:
- She is married with one child, who as of this writing is not even one year old. With her being married, you’d think that she is sensible enough to think about how her “close” male friend’s wife’s possible reactions with her text messages. I’m not paranoid, but these are just some of the examples of her text messages: (a.) “Kumain ka na?” (Did you already eat?) (b.) “Bahay ka na ba?” (Are you already at home?) – I mean why the need for a status report? Are you his wife? (c.) text messages that doesn’t seem to be of life and death importance (translation: absolutely trivial and to some extent flirty or trying to be cute) sent during the wee hours of the morning or late in the evening. Read more…
