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Mature, the word is easy to say, but hard to define.
While many would say that maturity comes with age, it isn’t true at all times. Maturity doesn’t come with age and certainly not with social status, otherwise, we would not hear news of celebrities and politicians creating a nuisance or misbehaving in public. If anything, maturity comes with experience and a will to do the right thing, no matter what situation life throws at you.
A Quora thread asked people for the ‘most mature thing they have ever done’. While there were a lot of answers, this one by an anonymous user really stood out.
Going anonymous because my ex is still following me on Quora.
I met my ex through a social media platform. Our conversations were funny and intellectual. I really liked her for who she was or maybe what she portrays to be. After a few days, we started meeting for couple of coffee or maybe a brunch sometime. She showed her interest to be in a relationship and we started dating. It was the first week of us dating. But she didn’t seem happy, every time I was with her she kept texting someone. She had urgent calls at random times in the night when I was talking to her. I suspected her to be dating someone else as well.
It was the third month of dating each other and we went out for a coffee. The conversation was going smooth and suddenly she started behaving weird, hiding under the table with an excuse of picking up something she dropped. Then hiding behind the menu etc etc. Out of the blue a random guy comes up to us and points at me and says “Who is he?!” in a very commanding voice. She was speechless trying to stay calm. I was sure that he’s her bf as she had told me that she’s the only kid in her family so it can’t be her brother.
I stood up, put my hand on his shoulder and told him “Relax buddy, I’m her cousin. I just came to Bangalore for a day and wanted to catch up with her.” his aggression vanished. “I’m sure she must have told you about me.” He nodded his head. I made him sit on my place and left the cafe wiping my tears.
I didn’t see the point of fighting for her as well as telling the guy the truth and ruining their relationship. Instead, I did that to save my time and additional drama that came along with it. She tried calling me and texting me but I didn’t respond. I hope she’s doing well with whoever she is with.
There are always two ways to handle a difficult situation, the easy one and the mature one. No matter what happens, always choose the second option.
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