Moved to Tears Love Story: Don’t Test Love
About a month ago, a close friend of mine received an opportunity to work in the United States for two years. Although she had always wanted to experience life abroad, she was now full of hesitation, unsure if she should go. Born in the early 1980s, she was nearing the threshold of 30, a critical age for women, and even more unfortunately, she held a Ph.D., which had left her somewhat isolated in love. If she went away for two years, she would return at 32 and risk becoming a “leftover woman.”
Later, she happily informed me that she had found a solution. Through a blind date last month, she met a guy who seemed okay, and she was planning to marry him quickly before leaving. I told her that if she really decided to do this, she should be prepared to become the heroine of a melodrama—leaving a husband she barely knows thousands of miles away. Then, every dramatic, soap-opera-like scenario she could imagine would likely happen to her.
She was half convinced and told me that if it was true love, it should withstand the test of time and distance. I smiled and said that love is the last thing in the world that can endure such tests.
I once watched an old movie called Indecent Proposal. The protagonists were a young couple deeply in love, but they were hit hard by the Great Depression, facing pay cuts and unemployment. Even their only property was about to be repossessed by the bank. They decided to take a gamble with their remaining $5,000 and went to Las Vegas. Predictably, they lost everything. But just when all seemed lost, fate took a turn: the wife met a billionaire who was in Vegas for fun. He offered the couple a million pounds in exchange for a night with the wife. After much pain and struggle, the couple agreed to the deal.
They thought the night would pass quickly, and the million pounds would allow them to rebuild their lives and live happily ever after. But the reality was far from what they imagined. That night, like a dark seed, was planted in their hearts, growing into sinister vines that slowly widened the crack between them.
Their mistake was believing too much in their love, placing what seemed like an “unbreakable” relationship on a dangerous scale, and testing fragile human nature under infinite temptation. In the end, that brief moment of temptation turned into a double betrayal—of the wife’s body and soul.
In truth, nothing in this world is eternal or unbreakable.
Everything we possess in life is not a given; it comes at a cost. Whether it’s love, marriage, health, or even life itself, all require our careful protection and diligent nurturing.
Everyone knows how to carefully preserve valuable antiques on a display shelf, yet so many people who are in love let the most cherished love of their lives be exposed to the harshest tests.
I have seen too many perfect couples turn into resentful ones and heard many solemn vows turn to dust. Yet, it is often those rational partners who can endure the long journey together, hand in hand, until the end of their days.
Because they understand that neither of them is perfect, nor were they born for each other. They are not each other’s soulmates. They tread cautiously and work hard to cultivate this love.
Until the very end of time.
Thank you for reading! ” Sitestorys “
