So, the news making headlines of late is how a 21 year old woman in Soweto is to appear in court after cutting her man's genitalia after she caught him cheating with another woman. As to what are the mechanics of the action, and how humanly possible could the man have stood and watched her cut his 'tool' off is another thing. However my issue is to whether or not she did this out of love, anger or obsession. For purposes of this article; let's say she did it out f love.
Now, this has really got me thinking about the things we do for love. We stick around in toxic relationships in the name of love; we stay in abusive relationships we claim to love the people we are with, or are under the illusion that they love us.
How many of us have been pushed to the edge to do something
that was out of character out of love? How many of us have compromised ourselves in the name of love? How many of us have continually hidden things away from our partners or done things which we knew very well would hurt our partners were they to find out about them? So then this bags the question; is love and pain one thing? Are they two sides of the same coin, that one can not exist without the other? Given the above scenario; and based on personal experience and observation, I'm inclined to believe that it does. As to which gives birth to the other; love or pain, is an issue for debate.
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