| Indecent Proposal |

caught this movie last night outta boredom, it was a rather old film and i dun remember ever watching it.

it was about this young couple who eloped because the guy's parents (i think) were against their relationship. they had been together since college days and after eloping, eventually got married.

then one day, they found the perfect spot for their dreamhouse and paid a deposit for the land but didn't have enough cash to pay up the rest of it, so they had to mortgage it to the bank. meanwhile, they tried their luck to find like USD50,000 at the casino, lost it all and met this billionaire guy who was interested in the girl, the wife. and he gave them an offer:

1 million dollars for 1 night with his wife.

they were stunned but ironically it was the wife who said go to hell, only afterwhich did her husband said the same thing. but the billionaire insisted they gave it a careful thought. just one night and you'll get a million bucks, not everyone can resist that kind of money huh? so they succumbed to the love of money and the husband foolishly sold his wife for a night with a complete stranger for a million bucks.

then as the story continues, they started quarrelling big time because the husband was getting insecure and the wife simply refuses to talk about what happened that night and they eventually split for awhile. and she typically went out with that rich guy following him wherever he went for his classy functions, while her husband was in a pathetic state.

one day, she decided she wanted a divorce and sent papers to him. totally depressed, the terms of the divorce clearly stated he would get to keep the million bucks. he didn't want it, and so he gave the money up to an auction. he signed the papers in her presence and said,

"i realised it wasn't because you didn't love me anymore, but because he (the billionaire) had more money than me."

then he left.

she thought about it, and the billionaire too, graciously let her go back to the one she loved the most - her husband.

moral of the story?

its love again, isn't it?

or should i say its materialism?

everything nowadays is about love. yes, undeniably, love is the IN thing. always have been and always will be.

BUT how can one go in and out of a relationship and still has the audacity to claim its in the name of happiness, or worse, in the name of love, where obviously it was materialism to begin with?

1. love is a commitment.

if you can't commit due to your materialism nature, do yourself a favor and stay single, perhaps be a nun or a monk, or take a vow of celibacy. until you are ready and think you can handle having another significant half, then by all means.

2. love is a decision.

same logic as commitment, but stronger. because one decision can affect the course of your entire life, similarly, one decision can break your heart too.

3. one love.

i truly believe in only one love in one's life, the one they call it, the "true love".
say if you've had like 16 partners or more before (no kidding! i know of people who've actually had more partners despite their young age!!!), then let me ask you this,

which one was the one you loved the most?
the one whom you truly loved?

can't answer?

because surely, that wasn't love!

its sad seeing how some people always claim to be in love with this particular partner and then before you know it, they're in love with someone else! i'm impressed sometimes, amazed at how BIG their heart really is, to be able to tolerate more than one love, i wonder how they do it.

and only when they truly understand what love is then i guess they'll find that one true love of their lives.