Many a romance novel, a
play, even a movie, involve secret, even forbidden, relationships. Emily
and VJ’s relationship began this way. Emily writes:
“David and I had found new
employment and were both thinking of moving. I asked David if he would move
into an apartment with me, and he said that VJ had already asked him. I
responded and told him that was fine, that rent was cheaper 3 ways. He said he
thought VJ might decline, because he thought VJ might have feelings for me. I
replied that that was just stupid, that we were and always had been friends...
David talked to VJ, and, voila, we all moved in together.
Things went well for about
6-8 weeks... (Then) VJ and I began seeing each other discreetly. Our connection
and affections grew strong quickly, and by the end of February, we told David
that we were together. David was simultaneously overjoyed and terrified that
his two best friends were romantically involved, and serendipitously declared
that if we were going to date, we couldn’t break up, and so we would have to
get married.”
Now, actually, their mutual
feelings began long before that period of forbidden love. They were not based
on any shallow interactions, mere looks, or random attraction, either. VJ
writes:
“I met her three years
before we would, actually, start dating. We were both seeing other people at
the time, but I remember meeting her for the first time in front of a Cinemax
movie theatre, and experiencing a moment that took my breath away. This story has
always been one of my favorites of ours because we both experienced it
similarly simultaneously. When I first met Emily, what blew me away the most
about her was not her beauty, or smarts, or cleverness. It was how clear, it
was that she had lived a life without a veil like me and that we were alike.
Also, how focused she was on the interactions she was having with others.”
When Emily and VJ share
their stories of growing up, you understand what VJ is referring to. They have
each had challenging experiences, and have used these very experiences to build
a life full of meaning. They first did so as individuals, and in recognizing in
each other kindred spirits in this regard, have continued to do so, as a
couple.
Their connection is so deep,
that it leads VJ to say, “I feel like me and her coming together was decided
long before I came into existence, because whenever I make a choice to further
my life with Emily it has always felt like I was remembering a time that
already happened. The want to try to live a life with her was something already
so purely real in my mind.”
Is it any surprise,
therefore, that Emily writes: “Wherever we go, and with whatever life brings
us, I have endless confidence that we will find immeasurable happiness and
solace in difficult times... I could not have been blessed with a greater love.
VJ has made the impossible possible. He gives me strength and confidence to
embark on our greatest adventure. I know I’ll never be alone. I’ll always have
a safe place in him when dark times find us. I know, more deeply than I’ve
known anything before, we will build a life and home full of love... I’m
eternally thankful that I get to share the rest of my life, love, and joy with
him.”
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