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What It Means To Actually Listen To Someone (A Short Story)

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I used to be friends with a guy - though we are not in touch now.  One day, he said that he wanted to share something, and I said okay. He said he had an unhealthy relationship with his parents — his mum wanted him to marry a girl of her choice, but he loved someone else. Though he tried to resist it, but he couldn’t do much. He loved his mum, and he didn’t want to hurt her. He also shared that his childhood was bad — his mum had a love marriage with his dad, and few years after their marriage, his dad's behavior changed.