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This is very sad.... but true

My friend has been married for 5 years now. They have a 2 year little daughter. Like any other couple they do have their ups and downs, any way that's life. One day just after they had a fight over differences of opinion, the wife was doing her normal shopping at their local mall, when she met her long time varsity ex-boy friend. After a chit-chat, she discovered that he is doing well for himself and he is running quite a few tenders under his company. They exchanged numbers, from that day they started talking over the phone until plans were made to meet but how?

That's when the varsity boyfriend came with the plan that they should meet in Cape Town to spend a week together. She had to lie to her husband and claim she is going to work conference at the Cape Town for a week. Which she did and her husband took her to the airport on a Sunday.

The ex-boyfriend had everything organized; the plane ticket and a nice beach holiday resort for both of them to enjoy. She left on Sunday evening to Cape town and arrived 2 hours later to a very romantic evening with her ex-boyfriend. After the evening romance they made love but without a condom, off course they have known each other for a long time she thought. For the next days to come they had such a jool/quad biking, cable riding, wining and dining at top restaurants and cafe's, something she hardly does with her husband.

They enjoyed everything money can buy until she left on Saturday back to Joburg. They had to use different flights to avoid being seen together (u know people talk).

She was waiting for her husband to come and fetch her when she received a call from her ex-boyfriend. he told her that he was HIV-positive and the whole thing was not a co-incident when they met at the mall. The reason why he infected her with the disease was because he was jealous of the family she has and the beautiful woman she has become and the fact that he was financially successful but he is not happy because he knows that he is dying. At that moment she just stood there and froze. Thinking what do I do now because it was already too late to take anti-retroviral - and even if she lay a charge against him, it will only be but to expose herself for cheating her husband.

That's when she quickly took a taxi to her friends place. She told her friend everything that has just happened and ask for advice. The friend told her to come clean with her man and tell the truth, anyway she has just lost everything and nothing to lose anymore. Which she did over the phone.

To my surprise even today. The husband went to fetch his wife at her friends place, he sat down with her and told her how much he loves her and reminded her of the vows he took at church with her and that it was a terrible mistake she has done which unfortunately she has to pay with her life. He told her that he is never going to leave her, he has forgiven her and he will stick by her side no matter what comes. Off-course she had to stay in another bedroom and he had to share the bed room with their little daughter.

What's currently happening is that, the wife is terribly sick she might die anytime. He told me this because he was asking me for prayer support) because he believes as a group of friends praying together, the stronger the prayer might be. And the other reason was that I should let u guys know of such happenings as a warning to those who are contemplating cheating to weigh if its worth it! As I sit down and think about this experience, I thought to my self: why him? But I can not seem to come with an answer. Then it stroke me that maybe there are lessons here;

"You never know what you got until....".

The morale of the story being,

As people we turn to undermine those who love us for a moments pleasure (we are never aware where we are loved). We keep on chasing waterfalls rather than sticking to the rivers where we can swim with ease.

To my brothers and sisters.....

Love the one you are with.

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