You’re Jewish! Are you going to k**l me?
That was my reply to David’s message when he told me he was Jewish.
I recalled my dad saying, “You can marry anyone as long as he’s not Jewish.”
I said, ‘Dad, what if he becomes Muslim?’
‘You’re right,” he replied.
My dad was open-minded when I told him that I wanted to marry a foreigner.
David and I got to know each other through an online pen pal service.
He was in Los Angeles and I was in Shah Alam.
We became fast friends.
David didn’t answer me after my reply and shortly after he signed off.
I was feeling guilty; I just hurt the kindest soul that I had met.
I couldn’t sleep that night thinking that I wronged him.
I made a promise to myself to apologize to him.
I was ready to move on if he didn’t accept my apology and didn’t like me anymore.
The next day, I waited for him to be on-line and I quickly messaged him and said sorry.
He was cool about it and said it was fine.
What a relief!
People thought I was crazy for having a long distance pen pal relationship.
They thought it was a scam.
However, two years later, this pen pal relationship led to marriage.
Have you ever had to swallow your pride and apologize, and it led to something amazing?
Share your story in the comments.
Stay kreatif,
Siti
