Maybe I read too many romance stories of how an ordinary woman meets an extraordinary man and some luck and fate and maybe destiny, or maybe the heavens wanted it to happen, and they ended up loving each other and living together... like in most fairy tales... "and they lived happily ever after..."

I know that in reality, it does not always happen like that. I was never jealous of those ladies in every story I read. I never dreamed of meeting a handsome man to fall in love with me. I never hoped to meet and fall in love with a very intelligent man. I never fantasized about meeting a millionaire or a billionaire who can buy a lot of things... no, not those...

Do you know what I envied the most? It is the one who would cry for a woman when she is gone when he loses her. The one who would fight her and fight for her when someone would even try to grab her attention from him. One who would be selfish enough to say, "You are mine" would not let her get away even if he thinks it would mean her happiness and even if it would crush him but would be selfish enough to stop her because she is his happiness too.

I am not Cinderella who has a wicked stepmother and stepsisters. I am not cursed like a sleeping beauty waiting for a kiss to wake up. I do not need to be imprisoned in a big castle and tame a wild beast. I am not a damsel in distress rather, I am just a woman who is dreaming of finding one true love to last her lifetime. One she could love from the highest of heavens, to the deepest sea, wider than the universe, beyond the grave and afterlife... one she could love more than life itself...

I appreciate the sweet sentiment you've expressed, CrazyBitsAsian.

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