Big Salmon Lake Business in the Front

"I appreciate your honesty," Lele smiled and dipped her muzzle in respect. "Most people I have met walk this Earth with the confidence of them being the God's gifts to the world. Admitting that you are a crappy person is not considered sexy," she remarked, thinking about her step-mother. The longer time passed since they had parted ways, the less she thought of her as a damaged person that should be felt sorry for. Quite the contrary - looking back (when she chose to dwell on her past), she realied what an awful person she had been. 

"No one is. Good at romance or being good with other people in general," she replied. "I often wonder, if I did not know or had not been taught that people should be coupling up and bringing children to the world, would that have occurred to me at all? I mean - I would have saved myself a lot of misery, had I realized earlier that my value as a person does not lie in the eyes of other people. Especially men," she said. "There is a romantic part in me that still wonders about all of the what ifs, but the longer I live, the more I realize that relationships are more about misery and discomfort than actual happiness," this statement was not entirely fair to the few people, who she had shared good connection with. But - in her present set of mind - they were the exceptions of the rule, not the norm.