LOVE, Kloudiia

Talk about an identity crisis. What would you do if your partner wants you to behave like someone else? Someone whom he has the hots for, albeit of a pure idiolising nature.

Would you dress like this person? Probably, if it means you attract your partner’s attention. How about changing your behaviour too? Maybe you need to speak softer (double up with a specific accent!), be more flirtatious, smile seductively and walk like that person?

I think if changing yourself makes you a better person, why not? But if it destroys you as a person, then why do it?

If you had read the news today, you might have learnt about this lady who’s contemplating undergoing a cosmetic surgery to transform herself into this goddess whom her ex-boyfriend worships – Jessica Alba.

Apparently, there was a historical trail leading to such a drastic decision, including adorning a blonde wig and fake eyelashes. Still, such gestures didn’t make her an Alba-lookalike. She lost her man.

Will she win her ex back after the surgery? Nobody knows. What’s clear is, if she undergoes the surgery, she doesn’t gain confidence in the long run.

When she looks into the mirror and see a face that proudly belongs to another, is it flattering to her self-esteem? Or demeaning?

She may get her man back. But she has lost herself.

What kind of love is it worth celebating if you can’t be the person you’re born to be?