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Unconditional

A Story of Love

By Arlene GarciaPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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Journey of Love

What comes to mind when you think of an "Unconditional Love?" Do you think of the "Standard" love of two people madly in love and blissful, a happy marriage and a beautiful kid on the way? Or do you picture an unbreakable bond between two people who will always love each other and work through everything to overcome difficult situations, both in the good and the bad? This experience is something new, both heart wrenching and painful, yet the most beautiful experience I've had in my 25 years of life.

The day my whole life changed was January 19. I met the most amazing man in my life. I would never have expected this man to show me what love is and what love felt like. He has shown me what it is to deeply care about someone and to completely destroy all of the guarded walls that I had set up to protect myself. All it took was one evening, one evening to change my whole life. As soon as I met him, I knew he was someone who I can spend the rest of my life with. Sure he had his flaws, but to me, he was perfect: his amazing big brown eyes, jet black hair, his amazing smile, his cute accent when he pronounced some words incorrectly, his smell of cologne and how perfectly it matched his skin, but most importantly, his personality. I can go on and on about everything that I like about him. The list will never end. As time progressed, I fell harder and harder for him. This love wasn't an average love. It was a special kind of love. He treated me like a princess and cherished me every time he had the chance to. We would be the first to talk to each other and the last to talk to each other every morning, and every night. He was my other half and the light of my life.

But all of his good traits were soon to be broken due to his faults. He is still, and will always be an amazing and remarkable man. But his temper, anger, and pride would be his only downfall. He went from being a beautiful, handsome prince, to a beautiful nightmare. After the first few months, my nicknames would turn into insults. For example, "My Love" would turn into "retarded" and his patience for me would be noticeably low. Before I knew it, I was engulfed deep in self-doubt, wondering if he was right. Maybe I was garbage. Maybe I am as worthless as he says I am, and his favorite thing to say to me at all times was "You can never do anything right!" I was in so much denial that I couldn't imagine him being wrong, until recently. I was doing laundry at my parent's house and we got into our regular argument. This time was different. When the argument was over, he drove away from me and left me at my parent's house. I called him and asked him why he did that and to let him know that I didn't deserve what he did and it hurt my feelings. His only remark was a dry and unapologetic "sorry" and a comment that goes along the lines of "I don't think I did anything wrong. I left you with your parents. If you wanted to come home, just pay an Uber." How I felt so lonely, hurt, depressed, worthless, unloved. I wouldn't wish the same pain I felt to my worst enemy.

I guess love has a way to mask itself into making you believe you found someone so perfect and allow him or her to bring you down and make you feel so worthless, up until you realize that love is not about finding a soulmate. Love is loving you first, and then finding someone who cherishes you and embraces the love you have for yourself.

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