this article in the paper puzzles me.

a singaporean man, married with a thai wife, had a mistress from china. even after his wife found out, he pleaded her to let his mistress move in with them. even though she was upset and reluctant, she agreed because he has treated her well and out of pity as the mistress claimed she did not have a home.
she returned to china soon after to celebrate CNY with her family, and the man met her in shanghai after that and they checked into a hotel. on the third day he went out to find another hotel to check into, and the mistress disappeared, together with the $100 000 he had left in his trousers. she could no longer be reached by her mobile phone as it was turned off.
after waiting in vain for 2 days he finally returned to singapore, having lost the woman he loved, not to mention a nonetoosmall sum of money.
typical?
what i found weird was that he was not in the least concerned about the money he lost. i mean, if i lost $100 000 like that i would have a cow. wouldn't you?
however, he was more concerned with "(finding) her again and to ask her to her face if she had truly loved me or was it just for my money?"
such is the power of love?
obviously that woman did not love him. obviously all she wanted was his money, maybe a place to stay for a few days. she had his trust, his house to live in, and his love. it would have been comforting to have kept all these, but she threw them away and ran away with only his money.
even i feel indignant for the guy. he was blindly following his heart.
she WAS quite convincing though. he had wanted to test her by saying he needed $10000 urgently as he was in financial difficulty.
she passed him this sum the next day. he had trusted her with his feelings ever since.
is true love worth that much? to still pine over her when she had duped him of his money. just to hear her say indeed, she HAD loved him before, even for a second, and he would probably hang on to that word for a lifetime.
his wife had scolded him when he revealed to her about his mistress' escapade with his money. would it have mattered if the wife had disagreed to let her husband continue his affair? would it have stopped his love for his mistress to go any further? would it have prevented the whole incident from happening?
and now, would scolding him for his mistake make a difference? would he ever be the same again? time will tell.
this article had struck something in my mind. i had probably never considered the value of love. and to have heard multiple stories of the extent some people go to for love, it's a wonder.
perhaps now it's time i start considering. to not know the value of love is perhaps the consequence of not having felt it, or give it. it's darn well the time i start thinking.