Destiny's favorite child

Today I can proudly say that I am destiny's favorite child. God has given me chances far more than anyone should ask.

My first relationship failed, I learnt nothing. I casually put the blame on my destiny and moved on...

My second relationship failed I carried on as if nothing has happened. After all, what else could be expected from an uneducated man.

My third relationship failed, this time God made sure that I had learnt the lesson.

A lesson which taught me to hold myself when the entire world was falling apart, to understand what is right and what is wrong, to know the difference between people who would use themselves for your good and people who would use you no matter what.

The final blow of my third relationship was when it was confirmed that this man was a con and was simply manipulating me to fulfill his and his family's financial ambitions. I was fortunate enough, that I realized this well in time. He snatched my credit cards initially, when I took them back with a innate display of anger; he demanded the details to pay for his family's air travel.

A man who expected that I should control my anger for filthy demeaning words, which only displayed his parent's uncivilized character. More important is I never said a word to his parents, but to him for not standing by me.

He never believed in the relationship and kept abusing me with baseless accusations of being a lifetime failure.

He kept blaming me that I put him up to walk on eggshells, whereas he was already walking on them, thanks to his own Karma, A man who always blamed me of being dishonest, only proved that a dishonest man feels that everyone else is going to cheat him.

Now, that he is engaged to some other innocent girl, I only hope that her family is smart enough to understand that if he can do this to one woman, it can be their daughter too, who would be paying for this man's ambitions. And a trust once broken can hardly be repaired, even if he was questioned once, he will have to be careful all his life and It will pay off me being really evil for once in my life. After all, I was smitten by the mark of the beast too.

Times and again, this man kept proving it that he was not worth my time and I was fortunate that the relationship did not work out, and I have a of feeling being blessed for life.

Riki - The dog and Me -the Human

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Me and this world - a tête-à-tête

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