One Man’s Journey Through Love, Loss, and Self-Discovery

While in a barbershop, Julio walks in complaining about his girlfriend and saying how things have changed drastically. They went from having sex multiple times a day to several times a week. Julio isn’t happy with this turn of events. Julio shares how he has forewarned his girlfriend about having his needs met elsewhere. The girlfriend’s default response is, “I will give you some in the morning”—empty promises. Physically, Carmelina is everything he wants, although he finds other areas lacking, such as in the toxicity department. Julio’s ex-girlfriend of twelve years is everything he has ever wanted: physically captivating, bold, over the top with drama, although possessive. The ex-girlfriend is the only woman he has ever loved. Julio mentions how he has been with countless women and no one has meant anything to him. He reminisces about how for his 12th birthday, his grandfather along with his mother decided to gift him a prostitute, Lolita. Julio’s mother was a madam and owned two brothels. Every day for two years, Julio would go to the brothel and have sex with Lolita. Lolita was about ten years older. Julio was obsessed with sex. I asked Julio why he had sex with countless women. He paused and said he was looking for love. As the years passed, Julio became depressed and tired of running through women. He began to understand ethereal ties and energy and decided to become celibate for six months. During this time, he used sage, palo santo, and meditated.

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    Something to declare

    Santiago was the firstborn of eight children to an extremely toxic mother. She debased, beat, terrorized, and ridiculed her sons daily. Santiago grew up to be just as narcissistic as his mother. Like his mother, by the age of eighteen, Santiago had three children, born in the same year, by three different women. He has eleven children with seven different women, while solely financially providing for his youngest two children. Every other child never received any monetary or emotional support. His older children envied the youngest two, given they are the ones he had a vested interest in. Fiscally, Santiago did very well for himself however, he began to lose his fortune due to the drinking. Indiscretions were rampant in the marriage. Physical abuse of his wife was a staple and how he maintained total control. Santiago’s affaire with the bottle superseded all things. When he tired of running the streets and returned home, no one was spared of his vitriolic nature. The years of abuse manifested in excessive weight gain in his wife. She had gastric bypass surgery as a means of reinventing herself. While home recovering from the surgery, Santiago beats her, fearing she may finally leave. His youngest daughter is effortlessly striking, coquette. As she walks down the street, there is no shortage, in the awe of men. Habitually, Valentina was debased, ridiculed, and terrorized by the man responsible for loving and protecting her. No wonder, She lacks any motivation beyond being a kept woman even if it means grave degradation. Her lifestyle may seem foreign to many although this is how Valentina was groomed. Santiago projected the hollowness he felt within onto his daughter and she believed him.