Rich and Columbia were lovers. They were engaged. Rich started
exhibiting strange behaviors or red flags. Columbia thought he had put his
prejudices behind him. I know, romances don’t usually start after a promise to
marry, so let’s call this one a possible tragedy.
The trouble started when Rich complained about Columbia, a gorgeous
Hispanic woman, gaining a bit of weight. He professed his love for her was
based on her wit, smarts, heart, and yes, her looks. But she still looked very
good. She felt ashamed and tried to live up to his wishes and was winning the
battle, in spite of being influenced now by a negative image of herself.
Rich’s pat phrase when pressed scared her, “He/she/they
deserve it.” Columbia, a judge, heard this in court all the time when a
physical or mental abuser would try to defend himself. She wondered how she
could have missed the obvious signs that first showed as simple, driven to
succeed, banter. She knew there was a fine line between success at work and
ignoring ethical standards. She had at times struggled herself with knotty
issues. But her faith and common sense always brought her back to the golden
rule. He even suggested she couldn’t be fair because of her heritage. He Apologized,,
but she was rapidly becoming completely disenchanted.
Then he started to complain about minorities of all types in
an unending stream of insults. Talk about fatal flaws. Can Rich reform and
really love Columbia, would anybody care at this point? Yes, Rich had many
friends. They still cared, thought he could be saved. Wished him well. Will he
change? Will he love her? You decide.
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