It started as gossip, but it turned into truth --ENG/ESP

Sometimes we reflect on everything we see on the internet—how certain images originated or the motives behind them. I suppose most people don't; after all, it is rare for someone to stop and ask such questions.

Earlier today, I was talking with some friends. After sharing plenty of nonsense, someone showed us a photo of a conversation between a girl and her boyfriend. Supposedly, they are together, which makes the situation even more alarming.

CHAT

Baeee

Can I tell you something?

A guy hit me up yesterday and well, he asked me out

We went out today

Honestly, he’s cute

He told me he liked me and I don’t know what else, yeah

I actually did like him hahahaha

But well, I don’t know

I’m gonna start talking to him, though maybe it won't be anything serious

Would it bother you?

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1. ...It is not difficult to think that the guy in this situation is a fool for staying in such a relationship.
2. ...Who is right in this case?
3. ...What would you do under these circumstances?

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After a while, we heard the women in the group justifying the conversation. They offered full support to the girl for "asking permission" to explore her options, among many other points.

Shortly after, the guys started weighing in. Comments ranged from harmless remarks like "well, it's his life; if he loves her, he should stay," to others insistently claiming he should escape that situation as soon as possible.

At one point, someone commented that a relationship is between two people and nothing is more important than telling the truth and being honest with your partner. I think they took the photo far too seriously ☠️.

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While there is truth in that last sentiment, we see a flaw in this specific case. Doing the right thing and being honest serves no purpose unless you are naive enough to watch your girlfriend tell you she is going out with someone else, claiming for now it is "just an outing."

Despite everything being wrong on both sides of the story, the sad reality is that some people remain in these types of situations just to avoid losing the person beside them. Online, people call it a lack of self-love, but is that truly the reason?

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However, after watching us engage in various arguments, the person who sent us the photo revealed it was just a meme. All the nonsense we had spewed was exactly that—garbage—because we lacked the actual context.

It was painful to accept the truth: the photo actually belonged to a woman who still kept the phone of her deceased husband. She would write to him to feel as though he was still with her; it was her way of coping with grief.

They had only changed the sticker at the end. Just like us, many people online spoke harshly about both the guy and the girl. We were told that in the blogs where the photo originated, people were saying the same things we did, judging everything without knowing the underlying story. We were left with a shattered sense of reality; silence took over, and we didn't know what else to say.

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Translated with the power of Google Gemini AI to English! KAPOW! 🏆

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Spanish Version 🎄👾

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Algunas veces pensamos en todo lo que vemos en internet o como surgió las imágenes o el motivo, supongo que no pero es obvio quien se detiene a preguntarse algo así.

Temprano estaba conversando con amigos luego de varias idioteces que dijimos nos paso alguien esta foto sobre una conversación de una chica hacia su chico se supone están juntos lo que hace mas alarmante el asunto

1. ...No es difícil pensar que el chico de esta situación es un idiota por estar en una relación así
2. ...Quien tiene la razón acá
3. ...Que harías en estas circunstancias

Luego de un rato se escucho como las mujeres justificaban la conversación en donde dan total apoyo a la chica por pedirle permiso por explorar sus posibilidades entre muchas mas cosas.

Luego de un rato los chicos pasamos a decir algunas cosas desde las inofensivas como bueno es su vida si la quiere que se quede hasta otras donde decían que debía escapar cuanto antes de ese lugar.

En un momento llego un comentario que decía una relación es de dos y no existe nada mas importante que decir la verdad y ser honesto con tu pareja, creo se tomaron en serio en la foto☠️

Aunque lo ultimo tiene razón en este caso vemos una falla, hacer lo correcto ser honesto no sirve a menos que seas tan pendejo para ver como tu novia te decir que saldrá con otro y que por ahora no es nada mas que eso una salida.

A pesar de que esta todo mal en ambas partes de la historia la triste realidad es que existe personas que se quedan en situaciones de este estilo con tal de no perder a quien tienen a su lado, en internet lo dicen falta de amor propio pero será esto el motivo?

Pero pero luego de ver y estar en varias discusiones la persona quien nos mando la foto nos dijo que este era un meme y que toda la basura que dijimos era eso basura porque no sabíamos el contexto que tenia.

Aunque nos dolió aceptar cuando nos dijo que la foto es de una señora que tenia aun el celular de su esposo, que falleció ella escribía a su esposo para sentir que aun estaba con el, era su forma de afrontar su Duelo.

Solo habían cambiado el stiker del final y al igual que nosotros muchos en internet hablamos basura tanto del chico como de la chica según nos dijo en los blog que saco la foto las personas dicen lo mismo que nosotros y juzgamos todo sin saber el contexto de fondo, quedamos con la realidad rota el silencio nos invadió y no supimos que mas decir.

Translated with the power of Google Gemini AI to English! KAPOW! 🏆