My sacrifice for love

Temitara Banire, 5ft 8inches tall, blond hair, brown eyes, and super-intelligent. She graduated top of her class at the prestigious university of Lagos, department of business administration, and few years later got her MBA degree at the Lagos business school.

No sooner she got offered an employment at a business firm than she rose through the ranks to become the managing director of the consumer brand.

As much as she could be drawn to her work, she sure knows how to relax, have fun, and reach-out to her friends and family.

We met through a friend of mine who happened to be her childhood friend, and from there we never looked back. As our conversation grew from the usual, to building a future together.

In few months of constant communication our love story had transcended the usual holding of hands, to holding of dreams and projects. Our friends soon called us "the citadel of love".

Despite the beauty of each moments shared, we still could not resolve our differences effectively.

To start with, we were two individuals from different homes, with different environmental conditioning. We had grown-up around relatively different ideologies, and psychological believes. All of which unconsciously became a part of our characters, and influenced the judgements reached in our daily relationships.

We both showed pride in our respective knowledge acquired, will not allow dirt to be rubbed on our status, arrogant, and expressed our feelings regardless of who and where.

There were times we would quarrel for days, and she would often fault my insensitivity to be archaic and ridiculous. But, despite our disagreement, we still loved each other and never for once discussed our complications with a third party. And in all that we went through, never for once did I consider the option of separating from her. For I knew that most of the problems we faced were true, and the only way to deal with them was not to run from them via separation, but to learn how to face them and deal with them through patience.

Since love is all about sacrifices and giving, I decided to consciously let go of the hurt, pain, and anger that came with fighting and arguing. And embraced her companionship, happiness, and the peace that comes with being in love.

Though we still argue sometimes, but I never allow it come near our happiness. For it is worth much more than anything in the world.

Trust me when I say, that together we make a better team than we could ever be alone or separated.