Indlela yokulondoloza ubudlelwano? Umbhangqwana ovela eMichigan manje uyayazi impendulo ngokuqinisekile. Baphiwa ugogo wabo ngosuku lomshado wabo. Kuvele ukuthi ukuba ndawonye akunzima kangako. Ukugeza okuphumuzayo, i-pizza nezimbali kuzosisiza.
UKathy noBrandon Gunn basesifundeni sase-US saseMichigan, ngemva kweminyaka eminingi beshadile, bathola isipho somshado esasingavulwa.
Iphasela elincane lephepha banikezwa u-Alison, u-anti omkhulu kaKatie, ngosuku lwabo lomshado ngo-2007. Kulo kwakulotshwe ukuthi: "Ungavuli kuze kube yilapho ingxabano yokuqala." Futhi kuze kube manje, ulele engavuliwe futhi ukhohliwe, nakuba lo mbhangqwana ukwazile ukuxabana izikhathi eziningi. Besiqaqa lesi sipho, laba bashadikazi bathola imfihlo yokusindisa umshado wabo, okwamangaza futhi kwabathinta kakhulu. Esinye iseluleko sasiqondiswe kuKatie, esinye siqondiswe kuBrandon.
Incwadi eya kuKathy yayifundeka kanje: “Thola i-pizza, izimfanzi, nanoma yini eniyithandayo nobabili. Futhi uzigcwalisele okugeza.” Inothi eya kuBrandon iqukethe imiyalo elandelayo: «Thenga izimbali nebhodlela lewayini.» Iminyaka eminingi isipho sasilala eshalofini, simbozwe uthuli, kodwa sasigcina imfihlo yokuqonda, ukwamukela nokubekezela.
Kudingekani ukuze sihlale ndawonye ngenjabulo njalo ngemva kwalokho? Umamncane u-Alison wayeyazi impendulo yalowo mbuzo. Manje nathi sesiyazi. Ngemva kokuxabana, yima kancane, bese uzibuka eceleni, uvume ukuthi nawe wawunephutha, bonisa ukuthi nisathandana. Ukuze wenze lokhu, udinga kancane - i-pizza, ibhodlela lewayini, izimbali nokukhathazeka okuqotho ngomlingani wakho.