One day, he questioned me, "If a girl rejects me, does it mean I am ugly?"

I started pondering and eventually answered, "Hey! Hold your horses of imagination. It's nothing like that; it simply means that she wants to love you in a different way than you want yourself to be loved.

It's nothing but a contradiction in the way of love between the two. But love is there and you should feel it, understand it and respect it."

I know that was the perfect chance to zero in or fix something that was not right between us. Now I wish he understands that.