28th November 2013
Dear Journal,
Faced with a recent breach of
trust, I recount countless times in the past that I have been betrayed. The
feeling in my chest that suggests a burning knife has been sunk into my heart. The
choked sobs that can’t seem to find its way past my chest and through my lips.
The warm tears that run uninhibited down my cheeks for a long time, maybe
hours. An inability to sleep because of the constant throbbing in my skull.
Worse still,
the harsh words and mental kicks thrown at myself. ‘I should have known, my
mind screams! I am usually a good judge of character!’ Why did I open myself so
much for this to happen? I ask myself constantly. These questions characterised
every betrayal by friends and family. I unleashed even more punishment on
myself after every recent betrayal.
Lately, I have
come to understand amidst the pain, that there is absolutely no way to keep
from talking to friends and family. If they rat out on you, then they are just
snitches who are unworthy of your trust. If they tell on you today, they will
also tell on somebody else!
For all
snitches who will read this article, I won’t ask you to stop snitching, no way!
I won’t ask you to stop taking advantage of the openness of people like me who
share our lives easily with you. We share, not because we are lonely, no. It is
our way of making you feel like you are totally a part of our lives. It is a
privilege we offer you to do as you like. The beauty of this friendship or love
we offer, allows us to give friendly advice, have light-hearted banters, bad
mouth all our exes, bad bosses and flings without fear of being found out.
*hahahaha* Indeed, you are our sounding board!
So when you
rat out on us, you hurt and disappoint us. The hurt won’t last for long but we
will move on with our lives and everything will return to normal. But for you
snitches, you will have very lonely lives when friends discover who you truly are.
You will have to watch everything you say all your life for fear of being
ratted out. You will have no trust for anyone because you are unworthy of
trust.
Snitches do
not know they can be caught easily. Well, I can catch any snitch alive.
Remember the Game of Thrones? The dwarf did what you can do to catch every
snitch in your life. Tell your friends different things and know instantly the
one who tells on you.
You wonderful
friends that have been or will be snitched on, this article is dedicated to you.
You will always feel the pain when ratted out but you will always find who did
and eliminate the person from your circle.
I hope this piece
helps you all because it made me feel better writing it. Feel free to comment.
Danke!
Hehehehehehehe...after reading this, I feel so much like being a snitch!Especially considering that line on snitches being "sounding boards". So what are the non-snitches, non-sounding boards???
ReplyDeleteI dare say, we are all "sounding boards" of sorts!Kiokiokiokiokio....
Hahahahaha! Dan, friends and families in general are our sounding boards. We tell them our fears, successes, challenges and the likes. Whether they choose to snitch on you is their business. The difference between the snitch and your real friends is the fact that they don't tell on you. Hope that makes you rethink your decision to be a snitch.
DeleteGood read, Sharon. However, I am hardly bothered about who 'snitched' on me or who didn't. Perhaps it's because a lot of men do not consider 'snitching' a big thing as many girls do.
ReplyDeleteThanks Juddy. It might be true that men are less bothered about who snitched on them. They might not be as upset as the ladies but they will feel resentment or even disappointment. If you tell a friend of the one time you cheated on your girlfriend and he tells her about it, you wont pat him on the back trust me. so maybe, snitching is not a big deal to you, but it can hurt you and relationships you have built over the years. But then, that's just my opinion
DeleteSharon! You sure do know the line that hit me! About these unscrupulous lot, they'll always be around. Betrayal is something we all must face every now and then. Even our Lord Jesus was not exempt! So we must choose carefully who we take into confidence. That said, one can't be too careful though! C'est la vie!
ReplyDeleteThanks Eche. Game of thrones really got to you *laughs* I do agree with you that no matter how careful you are in choosing your friends, you cannot be too careful. And one cannot keep worrying about who will tell on you, one will just ending up living their lives in wariness
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