Everyone, meet Lucy!
LUCY is a bubbly, optimistic and fun girl who is currently studying in NUS. She loves meeting new people. Despite her enthusiasm in widening her social circle, she never forgets her old friends, especially a group of girlfriends that she was very close to during her secondary school days. She regards everyone as her best friends and has no archenemies because she doesn’t like to pick favors or rank her friends. However, she tends to keep her feelings to herself and is a very sensitive person. She was also shy and prefers being a wallflower as she doesn’t like to stick out. After graduation, Lucy would text-messaged her friends, asking them out for dinner. Much to her surprise, everyone is always busy. She always jokes that the only time they will ever meet is during her funeral. Of all her friends, she was the only one who made it to university.
Say hello Ethel!
ETHEL is one of the Lucy’s secondary school friends. She managed to get into an ITE and complete her nursing diploma. Ethel was very competitive back in her school days. She would try means and ways to beat Lucy in everything. This includes boys, sports, studies and even being the teacher’s pet. She has even resort to hacking into Lucy’s email to see who Lucy is going out with. Not surprisingly, she would always come out top because Lucy can’t be bothered with such trivial matters. Years later, Lucy got to know that Ethel is dating her distant cousin.
All The Fuss!
About 6 months ago, Ethel wanted to borrowed money from Lucy and she readily agreed. After that, whenever Lucy text-messaged Ethel regarding having dinner together with the rest, Ethel has never failed not to reply. She avoided Lucy like a plague. Lucy’s instinct tells her that maybe Ethel is worried that she might pester her about the money issue. However, it has never crossed Lucy’s mind as she is not in need of money. At the same time, Lucy is also wondering why are the rest of the girls avoiding her too?
Recently, Lucy found out that Ethel is getting married to her distant cousin. Lucy was shocked and bothered that she wasn’t invited to Ethel’s wedding. All of them made a pact in secondary school that they would be there for each other during memorable moments like this. Could it be that Ethel was trying to avoid Lucy? If she did, then it would be her over-sight as Lucy will be invited since she is related to her husband-to-be. In no time, Lucy gets an invitation from the groom’s side.
The Dilemma!
Should Lucy go to the wedding and if she does, how should she face Ethel without sharing an awkward moment with her?
Should Lucy continue to try to keep in contact with Ethel and the rest of the girls or move along?
Lucy and Ethel from ‘I LOVE LUCY’.
I loved this show when I was a kid.
3 comments:
There can be many possible reasons why certain things happen. Therefore, it's important for one to stay optimistic and not think too much. For example, Ethel may have lost her phone; or lost her contact; or were busy etc...and thus wasn't able to reply Lucy. Similarly, there may be some reason why Ethel did not invite Lucy to her wedding personally. Maybe it's because her husband is doing so and so there no need for her to send another invitation. All in all, staying optimistic prevents any misinterpretation.
If Ethel is really trying to avoid Lucy, I feel that all the more she should go to the wedding. I think it's more awkward if Lucy did not attend the wedding after being invited. Lucy can even take the chance to talk to Ethel about the problems between them.
Keeping in contact is the basic to keep a relationship. Therefore, I feel that Ethel should continue to try to contact Ethel and the rest of the friends. Even if they may not reply, she will not regret because at least she had put in effort to make things work out between them.
I think that Lucy should go to the wedding. It is her distant cousin’s wedding and it is only right for her to go to the wedding. If she never go , it will make matter worse as her distant cousin might think that she never give him ‘face’ since he invited her. Furthermore, it will incur the wrath of her aunt as it is her son’s wedding something really important and Lucy should attend no matter what is happening between Ethel and her.
Even if Lucy went for the wedding, it will be totally alright. As in such a joyous moment, I don’t think it will be disrupted by something like money that was not returned. In addition, it is Lucy’s instinct that tells her that maybe Ethel is worried that she might pester her about the money but it might not be true. She might have misinterpreted the situation wrongly.Until she clarifies with Ethel, what she is thinking might be untrue. Ethel might be busy preparing for her wedding so she did not reply Lucy. Preparing for a wedding is never easy and it is tedious. I helped my brother planned his wedding and it was hell lots of work to do. Furthermore, Ethel never invites Lucy as she already knows that the groom will invite her to go for the wedding. Nobody will send a wedding invitation twice. I think Lucy might be over-sensitive about the whole issue. Lastly, the rest of the girls might be busy with their work too so they did not reply. They might not be avoiding her as different people have different commitments so I don’t think she should take it so seriously.
Therefore, I think that she should talk it out with the girls during the wedding banquet to know what is happening and hear from Ethel herself about the whole situation. She should not let her own instincts decide the outcome of the situation. Friendships are important and talking about the situation is a good solution and everyone will go home happy.
Hi Illya, interesting title and sub-titles! I agree with Dajing that Lucy should stay optimistic - one of the EQ skills we have learnt about. Also, shouldn't Lucy gather the facts about the situation and find out why her friends are avoiding her or why Ethel is not returning her calls? Since she "regards everyone as her best friends and has no archenemies" it should not be a problem trying to talk to any one of her friends to find out what's happening.
As far as grammar is concerned, do be careful of your tenses.
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