Winning in Love

Unwanted pregnancies have become a common thing in society. Despite the campaigns made to suppress unwanted pregnancies, more and more women still commit the mistake of bearing unwanted babies. Sex before marriage is one factor resulting to unwanted pregnancy. Most victims are students who are not ready to face the responsibility and consequences of bearing children.

I am one of those people who are strict with morality. I abide to the rule that sex before marriage should be strictly avoided. Quoting my teacher in high school, “If you love me, don’t destroy me.” I had always been aware that consenting to sexual intercourse prematurely could cause a great problem. Much worse, it could ruin my life and damage my future. Falling in love intensely and giving myself to the opposite sex before marriage was always a no-no for me. I strictly implemented that to myself, or so I thought.

Falling in love in college was the last thing on my mind. I was not into boys. For me, the opposite sex was a nuisance to my plans for the future. I had several guy friends, but none of them had made a significant mark in my young heart. There were admirers and suitors, all of which were declined blatantly, until this one certain guy came to my life unexpectedly.

I came “home” from school after a tiring day. “Home” was the boarding house I resided in with other college students who were oceans away from their home lands. I found my roommate talking to a guy inside our room. I was a bashful girl, then, afraid to look into others’ faces when introduced. I found out he was her brother. I had little inkling that that one meeting was the start of the drama in my life.

My roommate’s brother came to live in the same boardinghouse with us, albeit in another room. He befriended me and all other girls in the boarding house. He was charming and most girls, I suppose, had an eye on him. That doesn’t include me. I was aloof and indifferent. I treated him like I would any other guy. My indifference must have challenged him. He befriended me more despite my indifference to him. He even offered help on my math subjects, and encouraged me to do better in school and to discover my talents and strengths more. He proved himself to be a good and indispensable friend. He became my shock absorber, someone who listens to every little word I say, and a friend who was always there during rough times in my life. We became very good friends, and after almost two months of courting, we became steady.