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I HEARD SOMETHING THAT MADE ME

CRY FOR DAYS

In one particular year, I was Chief Bridesmaid to six of my friends. At the

wedding of the last one, a mutual friend of ours worked up to me and he

said “Lola, this is the sixth wedding I am seeing you as Chief Bridesmaid.

You keep assisting all your friends to marry, meanwhile you don't even

have a boyfriend!”

Right there in his front, I broke down in tears and although he meant it as

a joke and tried to console me, I could not stop the tears.

I missed the reception of that wedding because I went home to cry. I cried

from afternoon till the next morning and when my Mum saw me that day,

she rushed me to a hospital thinking I was going to die.

I WANTED TO DIE BUT I WAS LUCKY

Truth be told, I wanted to die, in fact, I was already dead inside, because

the pain of watching your classmates, friends, colleagues, getting married,

bearing children and even going abroad was just too painful to bare. As

I'm writing this now, I can still remember how I felt.

If you have been there, I pray you'll never be there ever again. It's not

something I'll even wish my enemy's. That year, I decided never to attend

any more weddings until I did my own. It was hard, but I was determined

to make it happen no matter what.

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