Price of Love

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When you love someone a lot, someone else pays the price for it. Confused? An example will help clarify my point. There was a father, who loved and respected his father. So, when a son was born to him, he named him after his father. It would have still been okay if the name was a common one. However, the name in question was, Kurapati Veera Venkata Suryanarayana Murthy. In the era when names like, Rohan, Raj and Sam are common, this little fellow had the burden of a long name. Needless to say, throughout school and college, his friends mercilessly teased him. When he complained to his dad that he wanted to change his name, his dad was furious. How could he even dare to dislike his father’s name? The kid has to pay the price for his father’s love.

                Similarly, suppose you fall in love with a guy. You get married to him against your parent’s wishes. Or, you get married to him after a struggle, with their half hearted acceptance. He has a language, culture, customs, food, etc different from you. You are open to make all the adjustments because you are deeply in love with him. But your parents have to adjust too. They are a generation old and have been accustomed to a few things. Suddenly they are shaken out of their cozy cocoon and their comfort levels are put to a test. The parents have to pay a price for your love.

                There are two girls who have been best friends since childhood, say ‘A’ and ‘B’. Both of them fall in love with the same guy. The guy likes one of the girls,’ A’. She comes to know of her friend’s feelings towards the guy. So, she asks ‘B’ to marry him. She keeps her feelings a secret from ‘B’. Citing her love for her friend, she convinces the guy too. So, the hapless guy has to pay the price of ‘A’s love for her friend.

                These are not major things. It is not as bad as killing someone. This is just to show that love comes with a price. And the price has to be paid by someone else. So, try not to impose your love on someone else. This doesn’t happen consciously, but it is always best to keep your feelings in check and to know where to draw a line.