Exactly at 11 o’clock every evening, I always turn on my radio to listen to a program where a disc jockey would read letters from avid fans. That night when I was preparing for bed, I reached out to switch on the stereo and immediately heard this sad and touching song dedicated to a Listener who sent a letter that tells about her love problem. 

I can’t picture myself being this passionate about the rights of people, especially women, but what irks me the most is the fact that women are almost always the ones who get cheated and left to wonder. Is it their fault? Or is it just guys’ nature?

I don’t understand these men who cheat. Why can’t they just come right out and tell the truth? Why can’t they be honest even for once? They at least owe some explanation to their partners, right? It pisses me off when people are left hanging and wondering what the heck happened. People need closure!

And here comes a two-timer. I don’t understand how they manage to do it without getting caught and if ever they are found out, I can’t imagine how they can afford to still try to make excuses and lie! If you want badly to end the relationship, just say so. If you think the relationship isn’t anymore working and you’re not willing to still work it out, just GET OUT. Don’t act moody or keep making excuses. It will just confuse them! Tell them it’s over and you want to see other men/women so that your partners can move on and find someone else, too. Let them go so that they won’t be wasting any more time with you. Time is precious.

JUST A LITTLE HONESTY, PLEASE!

If you don’t love someone anymore, why can’t you tell them straight? You don’t have to be cold and ignore them, or avoid them and have them figure out for themselves about the real score between you two, right? Yeah, yeah, I know you just don’t want them to get hurt by your frankness. But don’t you realize that either way, they will still end up getting hurt? You’re just prolonging their agony with your being indecisive.

I can’t imagine I’m saying all these. With all my ramblings, you may think I was talking about myself, about my experience. Believe it or not, I wasn’t.

But as the song went on, the end part makes me think it was meant for me. It’s like it was telling me to let go, too.

Indeed, when it comes to love, we can never hold on to someone else’s feelings – thinking it won’t ever change. We would always come to point when we just have to let go especially when that person has someone else, especially when it becomes unbearably painful. Love, like time, is always subjected to change. One’s emotions or thoughts are never constant, never permanent. We just have to learn when’s the right time to fight for them and carry on. And when it’s time to give up and set them free. ***Alexandria Joyce