Should I Reject The Gift? / Gift Etiquette

Here is the situation.

I have a brother-in-law who beat up my sister (she’s my half-sister) twice or thrice before. He also had an affair with my sister’s other half-sister. He also does not provide for his family. In fact, I am the one who puts their eldest daughter to school, finance her medication (she used to have cancer), and helps my sister in the monthly bills. There are other issues.

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An Open Letter To My Dad

Happy birthday, Dad.

I am suddenly feeling insecure about writing. There are so many things I want to tell you but I don’t think I have the skills good enough to encapsulate everything in this letter. But, what the heck. It’s your 60th birthday, let me give it a shot.

First, I want to say sorry for all the heartaches I caused you and mom. Between the two of you, you were always the one who had less to say. Whenever I come home with unimaginable problems, you would always sit behind mom saying too little a word to make me understand fully what’s going on in your head. You’d often look at me more with questions rather than judgments. That look was you trying to understand me and my struggles. Yet, you would always be the first one by my side when I need some rescuing. From a simple doctor’s check up to a trouble in school, you have always been there. And always… always the first one to make me laugh.

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What True Love Is

You’ll know love is real if it survives routine... ours did.

I just wished I realized that before you died. Wait for me there, love.

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Why Is Depression So Attractive?

There are some people who are just drawn into depression, sadness, and misery. I am not sure if their “load” is any heavier than others but they sure make it appear like so. There are some who are more open about and some who play it mysterious.

Is it their way of attracting attention to themselves? Like their vulnerability will win them some sympathy and get some people to look after them. Are they simply emotionally weak? Others suffer worse things but theirs are always more fatal. Do they really deserve to be sad? Their misery, objectively, is worse than everyone else is.

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Best Wedding Vows

This is how you write wedding vows. Here are some of the most romantic and heartwarming promises of love I have ever heard.

I have been a bestman to five weddings, I'm the only bachelor in the group now and have attended more than 15 weddings. I want to share the vows that stayed with me to this day. I am not exactly the kind of guy who is good at putting his thoughts into words but the ones who wrote these obviously were overtaken by strength of love that allowed them to write these wedding vows down.

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I Hate Love

Have you ever been in love?

Horrible isn't it?

It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you.

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As I Wait For The One

I don’t know who you are or where you will be coming from. I don’t know how we will meet or how you will know that I am the one for you once you’ve found me.

I just know that you will. 

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