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Facebook TIP
So, I have a facebook friend who just got back from working on a cruise ship. While she was away her and her BF posted a bunch of "I love/miss you" stuff and songs on each other's walls. Today, her status was this:
Status of a FB friend: Hi, I'm XXX and I cheated on the man that I've been with for the last 8months. KNowing he was going to ask me to marry him. And I have no conscience about it. That's how I roll.
Then people got upset and the BF started posting:
Boyfriend: for a week she has shared my bed, eaten my food...and
behind my back plotted to be with him while telling me she wants to be
with me.
Boyfriend: lied to my face about it and so many
other things its unreal..facebook is a *** when you give your username
and pw to your BF and forget he has it.
Boyfriend: yeah...well I spent a couple grand on a ring..spent months sending her gifts and making her as happy as I could...and she's planning on a trip to WY to go see her other guy while telling me she is mine.
My favorite, though, is this girl's response:
Stupid girl: All I can say is this, my fiance and I went through a similar battle. It was intense pain, we almost didn't make it through. But true love is seeing past a persons mistakes no matter how painful. It won't be easy but in your heart of hearts if love is still there, don't regret not forgiving...
Re: Facebook TIP
True love is seeing past a persons mistakes no matter how painful? Umm no.
Yeah, didn't you know? Love conquers all!
Oy.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
The saddest part is, more people responded just like her than anything else. Don't you think if it was "true love" no one would have cheated in the first place?
Wuv. Truuuu wuv.
I'm not a fan of "true love" or "soul mates" or anything that equates marriage to destiny, really.
But, I am pretty sure the Disney movies I watched as a kid didn't end with "and then Prince Charming did it with the fairy godmother in the back of the pumpkin coach. Since it was true love, though, Cinderella forgave him and they lived happily ever after." I think true love is just a term people use to explain why they settled for crap.
That was my first thought.
That's adorable! It sounds like Fourteen Year-Old Me! Oh, these people are adults....? Ouch.