The dogs left with us and we walked. I sobbed the whole way home, still heartbroken. My mom had no time for my whining.Why are you crying?!Because Fufi loves another boy.So? Why would that hurt you? It didnt cost you anything. Fufis here. She still loves you. Shes still your dog. So get over it.Fufi was my first heartbreak. No one has ever betrayed me more than Fufi. It was a valuable lesson to me. The hard thing was understanding that Fufi wasnt cheating on me with another boy. She was merely living her life to the fullest. Until I knew that she was going out on her own during the day, her other relationship hadnt affected me at all. Fufi had no malicious intent.I believed that Fufi was my dog, but of course that wasnt true. Fufi was a dog. I was a boy. We got along well. She happened to live in my house. That experience shaped what Ive felt about relationships for the rest of my life: You do not own the thing that you love. I was lucky to learn that lesson at such a young age. I have so many friends who still, as adults, wrestle with feelings of betrayal. Theyll come to me angry and crying and talking about how theyve been cheated on and lied to, and I feel for them. I understand what theyre going through. I sit with them and buy them a drink and I say, Friend, let me tell you the story of Fufi.
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