Mary is a friend who was respected by everyone. Her humour and maturity is well-loved and she is always good at advising others. People always like her accompany and confides in her.
Mary and Peter have known each other for years. They shared a stable relationship that many envy. One year ago, after they changed schools, they broke up for no particular reason. Peter's attitude and character just changed overnight, he initiated the break-up. Mary was devastated and clueless. There was no problem with the relationship at all. All was going well and smoothly.
At the beginning, Mary was desperately trying to save the relationship. She tries to find out the problem, tries to communicate with Peter. What was Peter's problem? He turns hostile towards people and outcast himself from the human world. So... Depression? Mental disorder?
Three months later, Mary surrendered. She conceded defeat. All she wants is to salvage the friendship. One day, when Mary was shopping around in a mall, she spotted Peter with some of his new classmates. He looked happy and like he's enjoying himself. Wasn't Peter depressed? Wasn't he rejecting any human contact? Mary's assumptions were wrong, Peter has issues.
Another six months later, Mary has started inconsistent conversations with Peter. Their friendship is still on the rocks and Peter is still throwing occasional tantrums. This time, the only old friend Peter is contact with is falling out with him. The cause: Girl - Money.
Peter and John are long time friends. After Peter's "depression", John is the only person Peter talks to. Jane turns up one day and stepped in between Peter and John. The two boys started a silent war and finally, this volcano can no longer keep it hush. They shifted their rivalries to money issues. The arguement: John owes Peter a large amount of $$.
Mary found out about the 'John and Peter' arguement. She takes out 50% of her pocketmoney for that month and pays the debt off for John. Peter doesn't know about it and he's not suppose to know. For the rest of the month, she has to live with only 50% of her pocketmoney.
It may seem like a noble act, but she's not from a very well-to-do family. In fact, her parents struggles to keep the family going. Her parents are hawkers who just moved their stall. Their business is struggling at the moment as they've lost quite afew old customers after the shift. Her monthly allowance is to cover 3 meals, transport and miscellaneous costs daily. She thinks by sacrificing her parent's hard earned cash to save her exboyfriend's friendship, is nobility.
People who hears about it think that it's such a sweet and noble thing to self-sacrifice for a friend who has issues. These people only look at the surface of problems. All I see is stupidity and sympathy for her parents. They will be so hurt if they find out how Mary is using her allowance.
Peter's problem should be settled by himself. Nobody else can help him if he refuse to accept anyone's support. He is the one who is creating problems for himself. He is the root of all cause. Mary has sacrificed enough. Give her a break.
To Mary, learn to let go. Time will heal all wounds. Trust Time. Trust Peter. Trust your friendship.
..Let go..
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