Pride vs. Someone/something you love
By cyjh21
@cyjh21 (160)
Philippines
April 21, 2013 5:56pm CST
There was a couple who had a fight. They agreed not to talk to each other anymore though they were both living under the same roof.
One day, the man was given a task by his boss and needed to do it out of town the next morning. He got a flight ticket booked so early but the problem was he usually gets up late. Because he didn't want to lose the fight between him and his wife and didn't want to talk first, he just wrote a letter to his wife and left it on the table where his wife is always eating. He wrote like this: "I have a flight tomorrow at 5:30 am. Please wake me up before that. Thank you."
He slept with peace of mind knowing his wife could read it and wake him up.
Early the next morning, the man got up and almost jumped out of the bed after looking at the clock. It's already 8:00 and he missed the flight! He walked fast out of the room to check if his wife read the letter. The letter was not there! He got back on his room to make a call to his boss and he noticed a letter on bed next to the pillow. He picked it up and read it...
"It's already 4:30. Get up!"
Pride... Sometimes, we think that our ego can save us.. Our ego can help us protecting ourselves... But most of the time... It harms us, give us danger, and worst, we lose everything because of it... So be careful...
Are you struggling now because of pride? Are you ready to lose something or even someone because of it?
I have heard this question before... Which one would you like to do? Losing your pride and your ego for someone you love or losing someone you love for your own's sake, ego or pride???
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8 responses
@blackrusty (3519)
• Mexico
22 Apr 13
well it is has been a rule if me and my love fight I will take a walk and think and calm down and we will not go to bed mad at each other
@kukueye (1759)
• Malaysia
22 Apr 13
Pride sometime can be mistake as strength and show of confidence to other. But over pride can be downfall because of over confident . PRideful people tend to look down at people and underestimate people or tasks in hand , causing them to fall and fail.BEing with wife or girlfriend, it is better for the man to be quiet and pretend to listen or agree with the missus. Sometime it is not matter of right or wrong , but she wants somebody to listen and shoulder to cry on or a sympathetic ear.
@MoonGypsy (4606)
• United States
22 Apr 13
you have to promise each other not to go to bed or ever leave each other angry. always set the deadline to find a common group. you both have ego's. no one is more special than the others. when you love some one you should be willing to give up a certain amount of pride of ego. your partner does the same for you.
@cyjh21 (160)
• Philippines
22 Apr 13
yeah.. I guess so... :)
I think that's why they say "Love is sacrifice." (and I actually do believe in that.. hoho)
We better sacrifice ourselves(usually represents our ego) than losing someone or something that will surely make us happy. &^^
Thanks for the comment. ^^
@SinfulFox (135)
• United States
22 Apr 13
Haha, I've heard that before! It's pretty funny as a joke but it does hold some truth in how stubborn and prideful we can be. I know I can definitely be stubborn and not want my pride to take a hit, but if it came down to something important, like making a business flight or even just making amends with someone I care about, I would definitely drop my pride. In the joke's scenario, if I were the man, I would have made amends that night to her... not just so she would wake me up in the morning, but what if something happened on that flight? What if something happened to me while I was out of town, or if something happened to her while I was gone?? I'd be completely devastated and blown apart, far worse than a hurt ego, if say while I was on my trip, a burglar broke into the house and she scared him, and he shot her. Receiving news like that is rough already, but knowing that I never said goodbye to her or made up from our fight before leaving... that would be a scar that would last a lifetime, and I would never be willing to risk that just to prove I'm more stubborn.
@cyjh21 (160)
• Philippines
22 Apr 13
oh... you think pretty much advance... hahaha! :)
Anyway, yes, I agree with you.. ^^ Life is too short and we don't know what will happen next... so we better do what we need to do especially if it concerns the relationship we have with our special someone.. ^^
Thanks for your opinion... :)
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
26 Apr 13
It hurts to swallow down my pride, but if it means for the benefit of a lot of people, then it is the only thing left for me to do.
@sugarboogerbear (70)
• United States
22 Apr 13
hah! That's a good one. Unfortunately this example well-illustrates the problems that pride and ego can cause in a relationship. Pride and ego have to take a backseat for a relationship to be successful. People with large egos will find themselves alone with their egos. The decision that has to be made over and over again is do you want to be "right" (ego) or do you want to be "together".
@rocketking (189)
• Singapore
22 Apr 13
Ideally of course we should place our spouse above our ego, but sometimes it is hard to do so, which is often what happens when couples get into an argument. When we get angry it is easy to miss the big picture.
