Quoting turquoise:

i wish all people were rational,actually thats the way you can find the true love and someone that you can feel and really love her/him as real friend,as your brother or sister,as your father or mother,as your baby, as a part of you and as the most important thing in your life, not just as a sweetheart.....because, being blinded by loving causes you not to see the other side of sharing the life and causes you to loose yourself in the way that opens into the life and the happiness.so you should always be logical...

Quoting catwoman:

Quoting Lady_A:

Let's face it, how many of you can be really logical when it comes to feelings? How many times could you say no to something that felt so right in your heart?
And i guess it's better to "love" (and i use braketts because you can understand whatever you want) and be hurt or disappointed than not to love at all.

Quoting Lady_A:

Quoting catwoman: Quoting turquoise: i wish all people were rational,actually thats the way you can find the true love and someone that you can feel and really love her/him as real friend,as your brother or sister,as your father or mother,as your baby, as a part of you and as the most important thing in your life, not just as a sweetheart.....because, being blinded by loving causes you not to see the other side of sharing the life and causes you to loose yourself in the way that opens into the life and the happiness.so you should always be logical... So well said! This is not to deny the moment's charm, but reason should guide your behavior.

Quoting alameda:

Logic and love, surely you jest! Then, of course, there are many types of love. The love we talk about here is romantic love, and that rarely deals with logic.

More than likely the boy didn't believe the "Western girl" was a virgin. He treated her like she was an adventure. She believed his sweet words....it's tragic. Most tragic is that there may be a child born who will not know his father. Then someday that boy may be an old man, wondering where his child is....but it will be too late then....I've seen that. I knew a woman who was in a similar situation. Man fled, 14 years later he wanted to see his son, who wouldn't have anything to do with him.....and that is just one story I could tell out of many I've witnessed.