LETTING GO FOR THE GREATER GOOD....

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I just couldn’t help but jump on this topic immediately i saw @burlarj write about it a couple of hours ago. I had to jump on it immediately because it is a topic I could relate to both personally and otherwise. The rate at which genotype compatibility has been breaking and disrupting relationships nowadays is quite alarming. I can’t count the number of relationships i have witnessed break because of genotype compatibility, even down to a relationship of four years and above…

Genotype compatibility is now the new relationship breaker here in the 21st century. I never knew how serious this matter with genotype compatibility was until a couple of years ago when a close acquaintance of mine lost a relationship of over 3 years because she and her partner were both A.S. The love between her and her partner has been rooted deep for years, even after t they both found out they had same genotype, they still didn’t let go of each other. They kept on dating hoping that some miracle might occur in the a couple of years, probably one of them will have a different genotype. After 2 years, they both went to the hospital to check their genotype again. Unfortunately, nothing changed, it was still the way it was two years ago. It was at this point they realized it was time to let go of each other to reduce the pain it would cause later on if they didn't let go of each other now…

With so much pain and sadness they had to let go of each other, they just had to do it for the sake of their future. If they had choose to go through with the relationship, there’s a high chance that at-least one of their offsprings in the future would be a SICKLE CELL carrier. What if the sickle cell carrier happen to be their first child, do you think any parent in their right sense will be ready to let their child go through such pain in the future when everything could have been avoided completely...

I watched a relationship of four years break because of this genotype compatibility. The alarm it triggered was too loud to be ignored. It was at this point I started taking it serious…

The second relationship i watched break was my immediate elder brother’s last two relationship. This was a relationship that started from his late years in high school, back then this genotype issue was still on a low-key, I mean no one took it too serious, until after a couple of years when it just started trending. This new trend started shaking a lot of relationships, and unfortunately for him, his relationship happened to be amongst those that crashed. He was AS and his partner was also AS. They found out after 3 years of being together and had to let go. Letting go was hard but they just had to enjoy each other’s company for the time been until it was time to get into something serious…

No child should suffer a pain that could have been avoided if the necessary action had been taken. Moving onto the question asked in the prompt;

You are ready to marry the love of your life, but right at the last minute, a day before walking down the aisle with him/her, you find out that you are both Sickle cell carriers, meaning you could give birth to kids with sickle cell disease. Are you going to let go of the love of your life? Go ahead with the marriage? What would you do?

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Honestly, letting go of the love of my life is the only solution to avoid what awaits us both in the near future, which is just a couple of years away. It doesn’t matter how painful, heartbreaking or heart wrenching this revelation may be, the only solution to it would be letting go of her. The pain of letting go will only last for a while, but the damage going through with the wedding will cause in the near future would be more devastating and more painful. The pain and damage that could have just ended with just two souls would now end up escalating to both the parents, the children and the families when they start running helter skelter when the offsprings start experiencing crisis in their health…

No love should be greater than the love for one’s future. Your offsprings are your future. Don’t let a mistake that could have been avoided in the present damage the lives of both you, your partner and children in the near future…

In summary, so many people have had to let go of their relationships because of what is likely to happen in the near future. This risk is very risky, no compromise should be made in terms of genotype, or else the future tears awaiting such family will be in pro max…

In conclusion, i am AA, which means i will never have any issue with genotype compatibility in my life. I am open to marrying AA, AS, SS, or any other genotype in the world. Am i not fortunate, hehe...

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