El Amor De Abuelita..The Love of a Grandmother

Tonight, my grandmother called me while i was layin about in my room. She was alone in her apartment and she wasn't tired so she wanted to talk and hit me up. I thought it was so cute. Well as always grandma started to talk to me about the old days and about when she was my age. I enjoy listening to her stories though and I always pay close attention. Even though times have changed most situations that occur tend to be the same. She told me about how easier it was when a guy talked to a girl. In her country, the guy would visit the girls house and they would sit in the front and just talk. They didn't really go out on dates and of course there wasn't any cellphones or txting. All you had was that home phone lol. Now things are more complicated. My grandma believes these days its rare for anyone to believe in long term love. Now if my grandma says this then it must be serious. However, im still keeping the hope alive. The rest of our conversation i ended up telling her about the guy i been trying to get over. She knows him already though cause he met my entire family. I told her what recently happened and the whole situation. The advice she went on to give me was so valuable and refreshing. She told me that it doesn't matter if a man knows you end up talking to another man. He won't wonder off to another girl, he will do watever it is to conquer you and take you away from him. I had thought maybe it was my fault that he decided to be with that girl. That in someway maybe i pushed him because he could have been talking to her but only made the choice to take things more seriously once he heard i was talking to someone else. However, my grandma made it clear that whenever a man really cares for a woman he will do whatever he needs to have/keep her. My grandma believes love is already rare so her views are a bit pessimistic. She went on though and said she doesn't feel he cares that much for me. "No te supo valora solamente te tiene de reserva y esta por ahi picando..el es una picaflor"-He didn't know how to appreciate me when i was there for him with open arms. He just has me as a standby while he roams free jumpin between women (that was the most literal translation i could give). Ethier way grandma motivated me to let go of it already completely. She gave me that extra push i needed to just forget him. At the end of the day actions speak louder than words. I'm done trying.