[Essay] I Hate Women in Love [Amano Writing Club]

I would like to write an essay on this topic.
Thank you in advance.

Rather than "women in love," I hate "myself in love."

Now that I have lived for half a century, I have become completely detached from love, and sometimes I incorporate it into my creative work because I want to feel even a little bit of those bittersweet memories...

My love life when I was young could be summed up in one word: "painful."

"Love is blind" is a well-said phrase; once you fall in love, layers of romantic filters stand in your way, making the other person look like a top-tier handsome man.

When I was young in my 20s, a man who looked like Etsushi Toyokawa spoke to me on the street, we had tea at a cafe, and we made plans to meet again.

When he said, "If it's okay, I'd like to meet your friends too," I happily invited a friend, and when we had tea for the second time, as we were leaving, my friend said,

"That's a sales pitch for English learning materials!!
And where does he look like Etsushi Toyokawa?
He looks just like Shinsuke Shimada!!"

I think I must have looked like a bird that had been shot with a bean when she said that.

Thinking, "That can't be true!!" I went to the company where my crush supposedly worked without an appointment, and a man who looked like Shinsuke Shimada greeted me at the English learning materials company with a bewildered expression.

"I don't have the money or time to learn English right now..."

When I said something like that, he also raised the corners of his mouth just a little, gave a smile, and said, "I'm currently dealing with another customer..." and smartly ushered me out of the store.

I was just as surprised as I was embarrassed.

No matter how I look back on it, I should have been having tea with a man who looked like Etsushi Toyokawa...

We should have had a passionate conversation about how learning English would broaden my world and make my life brilliant...

The person who was there that day was a man who looked like Shinsuke Shimada, who, while slightly bewildered, smartly chased me out of the store!

I couldn't believe it was the same person...

While I was stewing in my own thoughts, my friend said, "I took a picture with Etsushi Toyokawa (lol)," and handed me a photo.

Sandwiched between two friends with huge smiles on their faces was the man who looked like Shinsuke Shimada.

My friend said to me, "I'm worried about your future..." and I fiercely agreed.

Even after a few more "love is blind" incidents occurred, I eventually ended up dating and marrying someone I just thought, "It's so fun hanging out with you!"

When my friends also told me, "He's a great guy! ...I'm so glad you met such a wonderful person...", I deeply realized that my eyes had finally returned to normal.

The end.