Conditional Love HoL 115

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Humans of Lagos

"She loved me with her all.
I truly meant the world to her.
We planned our future together, to be spent togetherness forever. 

But, the day she knew about my irreligiosity, things changed. She felt unhappy. She tried to convince me, to change.

I assured her that I would attend her church services whenever she invited me, and would never argue religion with her.

She was worried about her unborn children. She wanted them to grow in the religious doctrine.

Painfully, she called the relationship quit.

Though I was only 22 then, but I'd longed to marry her. My dream was shattered. She married the son of her pastor a year later, while I discovered that there's more to life than marriage.

I'm 45, and now a confirmed atheist. The president of the Atheist Society in my community is the son of a popular clergyman - the husband of the girl that used to love me.

How, she grew up becoming a rebel I will not understand, but I know that one can't cage humans for long.

Now, this pastor's wife demands extramarital affair with me, which I declined. I guess she's not enjoying her marriage. Yet, she's surprised with my declining her advances.

That I'm irreligious doesn't mean I'm immoral."

© FERT, 2018

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