Shewanda Pugh's Blog: The Wandering Mind of a Romance Writer - Posts Tagged "bwam"

"Maybe, Deena likes to think, it happened the day her white mother killed her black father. Or maybe, it was always a part of them, like DNA gone bad. Whatever the case, Deena knows that her family would never approve, hell, never acknowledge her fast-growing love for Takumi. And had he never made love to her that way, in that unraveling, soul-searching sort of way, she could ve done the same. But love s a devil that way."
~ Crimson Footprints

That still gives me chills. A hundred times over, in fact. I mean, c'mon. Who doesn't find forbidden love delicious? You may say, "Shewanda. Really--(You may call me Shewanda, yes, it's perfectly acceptable)--Shewanda, it's 2012. People love who they want, when they want." And my answer to you would be a resounding, "sometimes. Lots of the time. But definitely not always."

I'm sure we can all think of examples, especially in an eastern world that may or may not be especially far from your reality. But truly, forbidden love is all around us--in that guy you're not too keen to bringing home to dad, in that girl who dresses just a little too racy for mom. So many seem to hesitate at the notion of forbidden love, as if it's some unrealistic concept. I dare say, those are the folks that are being unrealistic.