sick or has an illness? Not the "Big C" kind of illness, but any other kind.

In general It is easy to talk about love and hurt in the regular context of cheating and lying, but what if the hurt leaves a person with a burden to carry for the rest of their life? Betrayal..... Innocently in love you may open yourselves to your partners, you take the precautionary measures, but frankly speaking from time to time you may indulge in unprotected sex with the ones you love. What if that aspect of Love becomes a later regret? Who will love you afterwards?Aren't you still deserving of love?

I have observed that it is easy for us to cast judgement about someone who unfortunately experiences this level of "hurt" or betrayal saying promiscuity could be one of several other reasons this happened , however we often don't think about being the ones in that position. What if it had happened to you? Yes you.. Should these persons be alone for the rest of their lives? Even though they are more educated about their condition and can protect a potential/future partner, who will love them? Who will be willing to understand their situation and hold their hand through what is already a difficult "pain" to bear?

This is why it is important for persons to build levels of friendship and get to know each other. There is more to a person than bedroom skills and an adventurous mind, personality and who they are is also important. Loving those parts, makes loving the "sickness and health" easier. The truth is those persons could even be THE "best you ever had" in and out of the bedroom, but the sacrifice may not be worth it to you.

Everyone deserves love. Everyone deserves to be loved despite irreversible damage caused by a previous "love" which makes a broken heart an understatement. But who will love those kinds of people? This world is not perfect. Life isn't either. The next time you think a heartbreak because a cheating partner is too much to get over, try to think about how much more difficult it would be if you weren't left with a clean bill of health or if you developed a medical condition that statistically lessens your life expectancy. Would you stay with someone, even if the risk isn't a death sentence, but needs to be managed for life. Isn't everyone deserving of love?

The silenced side of Love is known to many who we interact with everyday but often not spoken about because of fear of being stigmatized. It is their reality, they Live with this struggle every day. Let us not be quick to draw assumptions. Who knows, the person you have been dating may be waiting for the opportune time to tell you about their hurt that left them with Such a condition they have to live with. What will you do? How will you react? Think about it.