Have you ever felt like, "The Warm-up Girl" ?

This WORLD- a stage
PEOPLE- actors

.....And we're just simply here on this earth each playing our part. In the midst of it all, this thing called love is just a game we play; with players that specialize in winning or losing. Many of us ladies have been the underdog in the game at some point in our lives, and yet we never give that position the credit it deserves.
Until now......

The definition

Warm-up girl-n. A woman that willingly engages a man for a long period of time with aspirations of a commitment. He continues to string her along until this situation results in the man choosing another female to engage in that commitment as he leaves the unsuspecting woman without any remorse .

Game time

In this game called love that we choose to play, this unsuspecting female known as the "warm-up" girl puts over 100% in effort, if not physically, she’ll hand it over emotionally, and is always there when you need her to be in some way. Yet she's always kept on the sidelines, never gets a chance to be a star player in the game , never getting just credit for her role in winning the game....for the rest of the "team" .

Now don't get it twisted....Although she never gets to start in the game of love, her hard work is acknowledged...well...a little bit anyway. After all the effort she's put in, proving to be a good player, the team can't afford to let her go, so the team captain keeps her warming the bench, giving her a few practice plays here and there, so she feels a little important. Just when she feels like maybe, just maybe she is actually appreciated and may get her chance to play....BAM! The real game (which she had no clue was about to begin) starts, she's OUT and here comes another player. She's been on the team for so long but she gets bumped and in comes this chick who was never there to work hard with the team and just shows up reaping the benefits of your infinite sacrifices. And who gets the credit for scoring a goal???? It definitely is not the warm-up girl.

The crazy part is that even though the game is going on as she warms the bench, the team captain checks on her every now and then, just to make sure she's ok over there on the sidelines....just in case he may need to "put her in".
Game over.

How many of us females have played the unsuspecting role of the "warm-up" girl? How many of us have put our ALL into a man who we truly thought had potential to be the man who would retire us from this "game"? There are so many emotions that come over you: hurt, anger, embarrassment, betrayal, among many others. It sucks to feel like all your effort was wasted; and no matter what you do and no matter how hard you try, someone else will mean more. Your pride takes a unimaginable hit that makes recovering harder and harder to achieve yet comprises a wall, easier and easier to build. You thought you did everything right, or at least well enough, so now you begin to ask the dreaded question: "what's wrong with me"? Ladies the answer is nothing. There's nothing wrong with you. Some of us shine so brightly and were not to blame some may choose to keep blinders on so they don't have to face it. It’s easier to make something, anything out of nothing, than it is to work with something strong enough to be established on its own. Our time just hasn't come yet, but when it is our time to shine...on another team, well shine so brightly, that the team you left will always see the glare. As they remain in pursuit of the player they once had.