Free Soul
When I was in Uni, one of my friends dated this guy who seemed nice. Good looking. Well-behaved. Quite polished/ Cultured. Someone you probably can bring home to mom.
They broke off eventually, before reaching their one-year anniversary.
Being the busy-body that I was then (still am now, but hopefully a tad more subtle), I had asked her: Why did you guys broke it off? Because they seemed to be matched. In looks/ height, in background, in intellect, in conversational skills. Outwardly there appear to be no reason for a breakup.
Her answer was diplomatic, and concise. She just said: You know, he's one of those guys whom you can call a 'free soul'. No elaboration. Just them words. I had wanted to ask her what is exactly a 'free soul' but didn't, seeing that she will not offer more than what she had just said.
Many years on (22 years to be exact), we stumbled across this guy again on Facebook. Works a nice job overseas with a cushy salary. Still quite dashing/ good-looking. Still the same guy more or less.
[Uh-oh, this entry seems to be headed towards the 'gossip column' category.
Apologies & stop reading NOW if you are gossip-averse].
Again, because I was a busybody, I looked at the status.
Followed by rudimentary PI work (of casually asking friends)
He is still single.
The remark came back.
Free Soul?
(With question mark)
This could or could not be the reason,
but I do not (and will not) do research to test that hypothesis 😅
Like my friend many years ago, I will just leave it at that.
They broke off eventually, before reaching their one-year anniversary.
Being the busy-body that I was then (still am now, but hopefully a tad more subtle), I had asked her: Why did you guys broke it off? Because they seemed to be matched. In looks/ height, in background, in intellect, in conversational skills. Outwardly there appear to be no reason for a breakup.
Her answer was diplomatic, and concise. She just said: You know, he's one of those guys whom you can call a 'free soul'. No elaboration. Just them words. I had wanted to ask her what is exactly a 'free soul' but didn't, seeing that she will not offer more than what she had just said.
Many years on (22 years to be exact), we stumbled across this guy again on Facebook. Works a nice job overseas with a cushy salary. Still quite dashing/ good-looking. Still the same guy more or less.
[Uh-oh, this entry seems to be headed towards the 'gossip column' category.
Apologies & stop reading NOW if you are gossip-averse].
Again, because I was a busybody, I looked at the status.
Followed by rudimentary PI work (of casually asking friends)
He is still single.
The remark came back.
Free Soul?
(With question mark)
This could or could not be the reason,
but I do not (and will not) do research to test that hypothesis 😅
Like my friend many years ago, I will just leave it at that.
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