Life Lessons

Who Owes You— Hate or Love? Kindness or Cruelty?

What Would Your Heart Say?

Annelise Lords
Pen Tribe
Published in
5 min readMar 3, 2024

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He bit into his lip so hard, that blood oozed out slowly. She cursed him calling him a nasty, greedy, thieving, fat, and sloppy worthless devil like his dirty father.

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Coming from the market with my bags loaded with fruits and vegetables, I stopped to rest my hands as my bags were too heavy. My husband was nearby but he refused to accompany me inside of the market. Men are sensible enough to know that they must never accompany their wives or girlfriends shopping.

He had no interest in getting the best price or value for our money. Males have no interest in sales, deals, or getting better prices for whatever they want to buy.

Isn’t that nonsensical? Food prices are out of control worldwide, with many of us salaries remaining stagnant. I demand my money’s worth, so I walk all over the market until I find the price I like.

If I don’t like the price, I don’t buy it.

“But what if you really need that pineapple for your detox? Or the turmeric?” Guilt asked.

“I buy less until the price goes back down,” I battled with my internal insanity.

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