When Love Gets Blind Hope Along With Red Flags

When we met, Jack was not working. I was attracted to him for his intelligence and his high hopes. To silence the critics who foretold the doom of our love story, I told them, “He is a graduate. He will find a job before long, and everything will be alright.” 

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I was the one who kept him going for two years and even helped his family, taking care of his brother's tuition fees. Jack used to frequently say things like, “You are Heaven’s gift to me. I will marry you the moment I get a job,” or “We are going to be husband and wife this time next year. I can sense the break-through coming.”

Whenever he would have interviews in far-off places, I would send him money and sometimes even pay for his hotel stay for the nights before the interviews. God heard our prayers when he got a well-paid job with a house as a part of the package. After a year, I asked him, “What now? When is the wedding?”

He answered, “Hmmm, I am not certain. There is a lot to do. Let me finish those things first, then we can talk about marriage.”

Another year went by, and I asked the same thing again. He answered, “What’s the matter with how it is? Is there any complaint?”

I naturally was not in a hurry to respond to his question. When I told him about my decision to end the relationship he remarked, “If that is what will bring you happiness.” I just nod, thinking “That’s the penalty for overlooking the signals.”

Exactly one year later I met Kennedy and before our first year together was out we got married.

A few months down the line, I came across Jack. He looked like a completely different person compared to the man I had left. We had a conversation, and he expressed his remorse over his past behavior, stating “I am going through difficulties already because of my actions. Please, forgive me.”

This is what went down…

During the time he spent without me, he was able to find a better-paying job with a good benefits package, so he left his previous position. Nevertheless, when he got to the new job, he found it was not the same as it had been sold to him. He had a confrontation with management and consequently, lost his job. So he is back to the very beginning again, applying for new positions all over. Sometimes he calls me to ask for assistance. I give him what I can but he is aware that I am not able to do more than what I have done so far.

—Eunice

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