A New Year, a New Love: A Single's Journey to Happiness

The year 2017 had started on a high note, and I had great hopes for the year. My love life was taking a different direction as I was seeing someone after a long time of being single. It made me feel happy as I could easily fit among my friends. Our stories were always about our love life and being single brought a feeling of inferiority. I always felt intimidated in their company but due to the new developments, I could now face them and tell them stories about my boyfriend. I could exaggerate experiences and make them feel like we were their dream couples they watch on soap operas. I had to repay them for making me feel bad about myself for not having a boyfriend. I wanted to prove to them I was beautiful and also knew how to love. My persistence in proving myself could not allow me to be single again. If that ever happens, I would be doomed as they will not relent in teasing me.

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We grew to be the couples everyone admired and I was really happy about that. I wanted to make others know I'm the queen. Interestingly, other boys also started to seduce me making me feel like the hot cake in town. Other ladies started hating on me due to the number of guys who were after me. It made me feel proud of myself. Everything was going on well and I was really happy. My self-esteem was at its peak and nobody could intimidate me. I turned down several guys who were after me since they could not match my boyfriend. I did not realize I was making more enemies than a friend as people started to avoid me due to my attitude towards them. This man changed everything in my life and I grew to be the hottest lady in town. My dress code changed and I became the trendsetter in the whole town. At school, everyone wanted to be like me and at the same time, most of them hated me. January had now ended and we were going to February, the month of love as described by most of us.

At the beginning of February, my friends and I had started planning on Valentine's Day. We all wanted to have the best of the day. It was my first Valentine's Day I was celebrating. The previous ones were spent indoors since I was single, but for this one, I had to go out with my boyfriend. I knew he would take me out. Therefore, I did not bother to ask about his plans. He always had a good taste so I could imagine the surprise I would be given. I was excited about the day and could not keep calm. I felt like the actions of soap operas were happening to me in real life. When Valentine's week started, my friends and I went shopping for the clothes we would wear on that day. We chose the best cloths and for sure, we looked really good on them. We were the real queens in town and every man would not pass without staring at us. We knew these kinds of moments are rarely experienced so we had to flow with the moment. We could not let the moment sip away knowing that it may never come again. So we enjoyed every bit of it.

The day finally reached, and I was excited to celebrate my first Valentine's Day. When I saw a text from him, I was filled with joy and started preparing without reading the text. Then I finally read it. At first, I thought he was kidding with me so I decided to call him. My calls ended in voice mail. I realized it was not a joke that he had dumped me. The message was short and clear, 'IT'S OVER BETWEEN US, I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE.' How could he do this to me? What did I do wrong? Why break with me on Valentine's Day and through a text message? I could not control myself, and I cried bitterly cursing him for breaking my heart. He made me fall for him only to break up with me on a special day, and I could not believe it.

I could not believe it. I cried for the whole day while wearing my new outfit. I wondered what my friends would say this time. How will they treat me? Was I a loser? I could not answer these and I did not want to tell them what happened. I spent two days without eating or doing anything but crying in my bed. I could not allow anyone in my room including my family, and just wanted to be alone. I finally made up my mind to move on after realizing I had to live. My friends pretended to care for me but they laughed at me at my back. The other ladies who hated me were now celebrating and they could not hide their joy. I realized the lie I had been living trying to prove myself to my friends. Therefore, I decided to make new friends who valued me. I always remember this experience every time Valentine's Day approaches. It reminds me of the bad decisions I made before which made me lose my mind but the best part is, it made me retrace my path.