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Once, long ago, back when I was in middle school. I learned a bitter lesson in life.

What happened? Well, let me tell you.

I had a crush on a girl in school. Go figure. But she was of course one of the prettiest girls in the school. I didn't think to much of it at the time. I liked her. She was fun and energetic. And I was at that age well, you know.

So time went on and one day she and I got to be together and work on a project. It was heaven to me at the time. I loved every moment of it. She even went as far to tell me that she liked me too. I was over the moon.

Well, word got out and of course it was big news. There were other "popular" guys who liked her too. Before I knew it, they had fed her a bunch a lies and she became angry with me.

She thought that I thought she was ugly and a joke. She never talked to me again. And the guy who told her the lies ended up dating her.

22 years later, I had run into her again. I was crushed to see what I saw. She no longer was beautiful. She was rather out of shape. STILL with that same guy. They had three kids and were miserable. Both quiet, sad, and angry.

Something that could have been so much more, was ruined do to jealously and deceit. And there was no winners.

I learned that people will do things for their own benefit. No matter the cost or harm. That is human nature. To survive and to be happy. It's surprising what people will do to attain it. And even more surprising of what makes people happy. Sometimes it's doing great things, others, to do harm.

But there is a happy ending to this story. I found my current gf and I know I couldn't be any happier with ANYONE else.