Did Mythili do the right thing?

It was past midnight, Mythili was still awake and very restless. She was greatly worried as the fate of her love would be decided the next day. She was eagerly awaiting for the break of dawn as she and her boy friend Ram had agreed to meet at the park early in the morning to decide on their future. She had been in love with Ram for nearly five years and yet there has been no progress towards a wedding. Ram had promised her that he would give a positive answer this day.

She was nineteen when she started loving Ram who was twenty then.Both of them were studying together with her doing her graduation and he into Engineering. They had initially met at a mutual friends place .Mythili was amazed to see such a handsome tall and fair guy. He was thin built with a charming face that it was a case of love at first sight. Madly in love with him she envied everything that was close to him, she wanted to be everything for him, and she got very possessive about him. Ram was also stunned to see such a beautiful girl with big eyes, sharp nose and rosy lips, he felt he cannot see such elegance anywhere in the world. They both availed every opportunity to be at the mutual friend‘s place spending long hours in each others company. While she was very hesitant to express her feelings to him, Ram took the initiative and proposed to Mythili one fine day.Her joy knew no bounds taking her to cloud nine.She hugged him tightly and gave a peck for giving her a wonderful moment.

They both loved each other a lot , wanted to be together all the time, they never missed to meet each other everyday, nothing could stop them from meeting each other and they used to bunk classes and go to movies, parks, temples spending hours together. Mythili started feeling him as if he was her husband, and she was so much connected to him. But Ram was a very practical person rather than an emotional one and gave no expression to his feelings for her. Five years passed by and both of them still met but there was no word from Ram about the marriage even when she oblquely hinted .She sense a feeling that the intensity of his love was not that strong it was earlier.Ram had completed his Engineering and got a placement through campus interview as a Software Engineer in a big MNC. He was now surrounded by all smart young women in the office, who were professionally qualified and in comparable or better positions.She felt that he was spending more time with them than with her. Mythili in comparison to these professional girls had only normal graduation with a small position in a private firm as a clerk. She had observed the embarrassment that Ram had when he introduced her to his colleagues .She suspected that he wished his fiance to be an Engineer or Doctor though he hadn’t mentioned this t to Mythili. Unlike in the past, he started avoiding her, and skipped meeting her saying that he was too busy in his work. Gradually the daily meetings went to weekly meetings and slipped to monthly meetings.But Mythili had the same feelings and passion for Ram with her love for him not a shade diminished. She was very confident that Ram would be eventually hers only and never doubted his commitment to her. Her friends nevertheless warned her about the change in him but she was in no mood to listen confident as she was in herself.

In the meanwhile she had pressure from her family also to get married, she was unable to convince her parents and she decided to meet Ram to convince him to get married soon. She called him and asked him to meet her the next day at the park around 11am.

Ram and Mythili met at the park the next day when she mentioned the pressure at home and the urgency to get married .Instead of showing concern and seriousness, Ram laughed at her . He and kept quiet for a moment and later explained “Mythili, I want to make one thing clear. You seem to have made a big mistake in assuming our close friendship for love. Do remember we became friends at a very young age when we generally mistake infatuation for love.True I proposed to you some years back. But our mindset was not mature then to decide on such things. I don’t think what I had towards you was love, I would rather say it was just infatuation and warm friendship., Don’t you realise that , If I had really loved you, I should have had a feeling of needing you, which I don’t feel now. I am sorry Mythili that I have to say this but frankly I can live happily without you. Please understand that you are not the ideal partner I am looking for and leave me alone. I feel sorry for you but I feel no guilt or remorse in telling this.We can continue to be friends.”

Mythili was shattered and in total disbelief stared at him incredulously. Her entire edifice of love had crumbled into pieces in what appeared to be a one sided love.She was numbed into silence, her eyes welled with tears and she felt her heart would burst at this treachery and insensitive opportunism .She ran away without uttering one word.

Time is a cure for muddy waters.She gradually diverted her mind away from Ram and immersed herself in acquiring management diploma from a prestigious institution.It was difficult but the memory of Ram receded.She developed other interests to keep herself occupied.She had even agreed to her parents’persuasion to get married after a year.She did not object to their looking for a suitable match through advertiisements and matrimonial bureaus.Six months later she was surprised to receive a call from Ram.

“Mythu, Ram here.Are you surprised? I wish to meet you this evening itslef.I have some good news for you , i am sure you will be very happy to hear this. “Ram,who?If you are that Ram who ditched me few months back,I am just not interested in meeting you.Please do not trouble me.” Mythili replied

“Listen,I was a big fool.I didn’t know what was genuine love.Ignoring your true love I went in search of distant rainbows.If you get near them you will find they were just using you for their merriment.They kept on upgrading their friends for better ones.I have realised that I did a blunder in spurning your love.I promise Mythu I will not do this mistake again.I wish that we get married at the earliest.” Ram pleaded

“Sorry, Love is like a mirror.A broken love can never be set right. You have no place in my heart.I hope you will be sensible enough not to bother me any more.If you persist I may complain” said Mythili.

The Best of Classic Movie Romantic Dialogues.....

1. My Best Friend's Wedding

"If you love someone you say it, you say it right then, out loud, or the moment just... passes you by."

2. Phenomenon

George: "Hey, would you, uh, love me the rest of my life?"
Lace: "No. I'm gonna love you for the rest of mine."

3. Indecent Proposal

"If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it's yours forever. If it doesn't, then it was never yours to being with."

4. Notting Hill

Willian: "I live in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are."
Anna: "I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her."

5. The Bridges of Madison County

"I don't want to need you, 'cause I can't have you."

6. Untamed Heart

Caroline: "You love with your mind and soul, not your heart."
Adam: [Touching his chest.] "Then how come I hurt here when you're not with me?"

7. Jerry Maguire

Jerry: "I love you. You... complete me."
Dorothy: "Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at "hello".

8. Runaway Bride

"Look, I guarantee that we'll have tough times. And I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us will want to get out of this thing. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine I'll regret it for the rest of my life. Because I know in my heart, you're the only one for me."

9. Love Story

"Love means never having to say you're sorry."

10. The English Patient

Katarine: "Promise me you'll come back for me."
Almasy: "I promise, I'll come back for you. I promise, I'll never leave you."

11. Moulin Rouge

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

12. When Harry Met Sally

"It's not because I'm loney, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

13. Shadowlands

"We can't have the happiness of yesterday without the pain of today."

14. As Good As It Gets

Melvin: "You make me want to be a better man."
Carol: "That's maybe the best compliment of my life."

Mary Hopkin Those were the days 1968

Touching Love Story - A Boy's Love - Part 2

Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then told me, "I also want mummy to take this photo with her so that she will not forget me."

I love my mummy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister."

Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.I quickly reached for my wallet and took a few notes and said to the boy, "What if we checked

again, just in case if you have enough money?"

"Ok," he said. "I hope that I have enough."

I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll, and even some spare money.

The little boy said, "Thank you God for giving me enough money."

Then he looked at me and added, "I asked yesterday before I slept for God to make sure I have enough money to buy this doll so that mummy can give it to my sister. He heard me."

"I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mummy, but I didn't dare to ask God too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and the white rose."

"You know, my mummy loves white rose."

A few minutes later, the old lady came again and I left with my trolley. I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.

Then I remembered a local newspaper article 2 days ago, which mentioned of a drunk man in a truck who hit a car where there was one young lady and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-assisting machine, because the young lady would not be able to get out of the coma.

Was this the family of the little boy?

Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the young lady had passed away.I couldn't stop myself and went to buy a bunch of white roses and I went to the mortuary where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wish before burial.

She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rosein her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left the place crying, feeling that my life had been changed forever. The love that this little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to that day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk man had taken all this away from him.

Touching Love Story - A Boy's Love - Part 1

A good reminder: "Take time to appreciate what you have now." --Dont miss reading this one.

On the last day before Christmas, I hurried to go to the supermarket to buy the remaining of the gift I didn't manage to buy earlier.

When I saw all the people there, I started to complain tomyself,"It is going to take forever here and I still have so many other places to go.

Christmas really is getting more and more annoying every year. How I wish I could just lie down, go to sleep and only wake up after it..."

Nonetheless, I made my way to the toy section, and there I started to curse the prices, wondering if after all kids really pla ywith such expensive toys.

While looking in the toy section, I noticed a small boy of about 5 years old, pressing a doll against his chest. He kept on touching the hair of the doll and looked so sad. I wondered who was this doll for. Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him, "Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?"

The old lady replied, "You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear."

Then she asked him to stay here for 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly. The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.

Finally, I started to walk toward him and I asked him who did he want to give this doll to.

"It is the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for this Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her."

I replied to him that may be Santa Claus will bring it to her, after all, and not to worry. But he replied to me sadly.

"No, Santa Claus can not bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mother so that she can give it to her when she goes there."

His eyes were so sad while saying this.

"My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mummy will also go to see God very soon, so I thought that she could bring the doll with her to give it to my sister."

My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and said, "I told daddy to tell mummy not to go yet. I asked him to wait until I come back from the supermarket."