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JUST BEFORE YOU COLLECT THE RING!   “We broke up” Helen’s face fell as she painfully let those three words out. I pulled her closely and hugged her. Should I console or congratulate her? What a dilemma! I will console her, then congratulate her later on, I decided.  Let’s not even lie, that relationship seemed toxic. I will console her because letting go of her four years (which also translates to 1,460 days) relationship was no joke and indeed a hard thing to overcome. But with the knowledge of why they broke up, I really wanted to congratulate my friend.  Helen and I had been childhood friends who got lucky enough to have gained admission together into the higher institution. She got her dream course which was Biochemistry, while I wanted to study law, but got Mass Communication. Well I didn’t mind. It was a great turnaround for me in the end.  Before we gained admission, we had an agreement not to have boyfriends for the first three years of our lives at the ...

WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE… Being in love with someone is a beautiful thing, but do you know what is more beautiful? It is when that person loves you right back! Like, you can obviously feel the energy and vibe from this person too! I have been in a lovey-dovey situation where all I could think about was this boy. He stepped into my life and stayed at the center, taking me off guard. The depth of my love for him crept into my daily activities. So while carrying out my daily task, thoughts of him danced in and out of my head. Thoughts of, if he had eaten, how he could cope without hearing from me in hours. The feelings graduated into something deeper as we improved communication. It got to the point where I’d see nice things at the store and I'd start to fit it on him, I just wanted to show him off to the world, all in my head! Let me just stop here! Yes, I can be a lover girl and I’m owning it with my full chest. So enough of me, let’s talk about you. Have you ever been in this situatio...