Daily writing prompt
Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses.
I am not a fan of absolutes. The purity movement is not the only answer. I do think we need to rethink marriage and dating practices. I decided to interview my friend, I will call her Aimee.
What is your biggest regret in life?
I am 44 and I have never been married. I should have married my son's father, but I decided on the safe option.
How does someone come up with a safe option when carrying another man's child?
My high school boyfriend had a crazy mother who hated me. I had broken up with Daniel and had started dating Michael. I was scared that Daniel's mother would always interfere with my life, so I sped things up with Michael to create a family. I knew that Daniel was the father of my child.
How did you justify the lie ?
Overtime, I put in the back of my mind. I focused on the life I built with Michael. I focused on our life together, I had always hoped that Michael would marry me. Then, our relationship fell apart. I choose to tell him the truth and it destroyed the relationship my son and Michael had. He quickly found another partner and married her. They have twins of there on.
What are your greatest regrets?
I never should have lied to Daniel, Michael, or my son. I missed all the firsts of our family. I should have experienced with Daniel. He took his life before I had the chance to tell him the truth. My son resents me for not letting Daniel know the truth. Michael walked out of my son's life. I should have seen when Michael and my son didn't bond. They fought all the time.
What firsts in your life do you regret?
I regret that I didn't wait for Daniel and I to first finish college. I wish I had waited to have a marriage before my first child. We didn't get to celebrate any of our first as husband and wife: a honeymoon, first house, having Daniel together and more children. Now, my son is having all the firsts with his new wife and he doesn't want me to be part of it.
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