When I was twenty-two, Max proposed to me. I met him at a friend’s birthday party, he was 25. I thought that this acquaintance would not lead anywhere, but I was wrong.
The next day, the guy met me near my house. He had a booklet of flowers in his hands. And then our meetings continued every evening. After three months, Max invited me to his house, where he met his mother. She seemed to me to be a very polite and studious woman.
But that evening, Max was very nervous. When it was time to say goodbye, my mother did not want to let her son go with me.
– I’ll just walk her home, – Max said.
We were already walking home and I asked:
– I wasn’t good enough for your mother, was I?
– Why would you think that? You just met her for the first time and she’s always so serious with me.
– But it was obvious that she was unhappy about something. And you’re not yourself.
Max tried to make an excuse, but it only resulted in an uncomfortable muttering.
Then the boy admitted that his mother wanted to set him up with her friend’s daughter. But he was against it. Because now he has a girlfriend he loves. But my mother-in-law’s been pushing me. Despite this, I still had feelings for her son.
Later we decided to become friends. Max still stood on his own and did not listen to his mother.
That day, I left work quickly to get ready and go to the registry office. I felt the happiest.
– So, what do you think? – I asked.
To which Max gave me a confused answer:
– You go, and I will catch up with you in a few minutes.
I waited at the registry office for over an hour. The guy never showed up. I tried to find him outside, but no luck. I got upset and went back home. I decided to call. His mother answered my call:
– My son left the city. Let him rest in peace, he has someone else.
I started to cry. I could not understand this act. I didn’t hear a word from Max for half a year.
I did not expect to meet him anymore. Two years passed and I got married. My groom was a former classmate whom I met in a shopping center.
We lived together for twenty years. One day he was gone. I had a daughter from the marriage, who was already a student at that time. I did not plan to get married again.
But then one day I ran into Max again when I was visiting my mother. He was sitting on the bench in the yard and called out to me. I sat down next to him. The man began to speak, although the words did not come easily to him. He asked how I was doing. I told him about my loss and that I now had a daughter. Then, Max apologized for his actions at the registry office.
He admitted that he had feelings for me. However, that day he saw his mother in front of the house and thought that she would want to destroy the receipt, so he tried to protect me from her. And so it happened, he wanted to lose his mother, but he was arrested for twenty years.
Max wanted to take his mother home, but she said she didn’t feel well. He wanted to warn me, but my wife said that for her mother’s sake, she could do without the phone for one day. Her mother’s instructions worked. She manipulated her position.
The guy decided not to rush and wait for some time. But the next day he felt ashamed of his deed. He could not find words that could explain the situation. And suddenly he was sent on a business trip for two weeks. Max thought it was for the best.
Then he became friends with his mother’s friend, for whom he had no feelings. Their marriage broke up after five years. After that, he had two more failed marriages. He said that he was constantly thinking about me and the happiness that was so close…
I listened to him and went up to say goodbye.
– Wait, – Max said, – my mother’s on the page now, but she hasn’t forgotten about you. She says that only with you I was really happy.
– Let her be healthy, – I said. – And you’re happy!
I forgave Max for what he had done, but I wasn’t going to put up with it again.
What do you think about this situation? Did the girl do the right thing?