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From Fractured Hearts to Forever: My Path to True Love

In our quest to find true love and it's undesirable contents, we sometimes stumble upon different kinds of people. Some could be lucky at the first trial, some would have to find it the hard way.

my name is Sophia Margaretta, Having series of relationship with the hope of starting a family was one of my goal.but as a popular quote says the person who loves the most gets hurt the most, which basically explains me in a nutshell, This lead me to to fall into depression due to the frequent heartbreaks I encountered.

My own definition of a relationship wasn't like those of a feminist, I wanted a balanced relationship, were trust, affection and prayer was the foundation. The level of respect I had for who so ever I was dating was top notch, at times I thought respect and giving them my body would keep them, but nothing keeps a man who refuses to be kept.

Those men saw me as either as someone who can be manipulated or a s*x toy, because they thought every lady who is open is not someone to be taken serious.

My first relationship with Jacob was quite horrible, Jacob would be sleeping with my friends and when I got to find out he manipulated and blackmailed me with a s*x video, I paid heavily for the video not to be leaked and that was how my relationship with him ended.

I was born with a health condition, A chronic disease of asthma and when ever I told my previous partner, it's either they use it against me or they refuse to associate themselves with me.If I say Jacob was better than my second partner,then it would seem odd.

My relationship with Chris was a sweet bitter experience, He had this playboy attitude in which at first I ignored due to unwavering love for him, Chris was the first man who I told about my health condition and at first he took it calmly but as time went on, he would use it to mock me whenever we had an argument, and that's not it, he would beat me up at any slight provocation. it's either when someone annoys me or maybe when I ask for little help. I eventually left him to be able to battle my mental health in peace.

It took me three years before I eventually dated again, during those period of my single life, I underwent a surgical operation and almost lost my life in the process, but in the end I made it out alive after series of blood donations and heavy hospital bills. All this was as a result of the stress of loving Chris. That animal.

My third relationship didn't take long before I ended it and as you know why. He was cheating. Sometimes I always ask myself, why all this failed relationships, the amount of body count I had was scary, infact I could say I was a low-key hookup girl. Am joking. But I was ashamed.

The day I meet my husband. Yes am married. I finally got a man, who was different from the others. it's like he was born in a different planet, because he had some of the qualities I always prayed for. Robin Williams. My shinning knight. My king.

At times I would abuse him playfully on why he came late, allowing me to experience those series of heartbreak, like he accepted me the way I was , even though I was scared he would be angry over hearing what I did in my quest to keep my man, but he would take it playfully.

"Don't worry am here" he always tell me

we courted for two years and during those years I would always ask him, when was he going to leave, due to the fact I had projected him for the short term.

I never told him I was asthmatic, He got to find it himself during one of seizures and he took it like a Man,

"You could be crippled or blind, but I love you Sophia Margaretta"

I blessed the day I met him. I don't know how to explain it but it was like I was given a new set of air to breathe,

They say there's no happily ever after, but there is one. It is Sophia Margaretta happily ever after.