My Cinderella Complex

Just this morning it all suddenly occurred to me that I might be a very very distant relative of Cinderella. In her fairytale story, she left one shoe behind while trying to get back to her house before midnight or she'll turn back into a lowly maid with a squash as carriage ( although I personally thought she just wanted to avoid more of the prince's groping).

The key phrase here is: leaving a shoe behind
Here are the evidences that I have what I call My Cinderella Complex:

1) As far as I can remember the first time I left a shoe behind was when I was walking up on stage to receive my certificate for finishing first grade. I had to stop walking in the middle of the stage and tie my shoe again. The audience roared with laughter. I might even find it hilarious myself if I was not on the receiving end of that disaster. Luckily for me, the humiliation did not leave me scarred for life.

2) Fast forward to my college years, one time as I was getting into a taxi, my left sandal came off and fell. I have to scramble down again to pick it up or else the taxi driver will drive off with me having only one sandal. The blasted driver laughed in my face and told me to start wearing sandals with laces that I can tie around my legs to avoid the same thing happening again. Oh how I wished I had the courage to bitch slap his face silly. But I imagined doing it though.

3) Still in college, while getting into a jeepney, someone stepped on my shoe causing it to come off. I had to push my way back amidst the throng of passengers in order to rescue it. The jeepney drove off without me.

There are still more incidents like the ones I mentioned but just realized now that Cinderella had the brilliant idea all along. She totally left her shoe behind. Look what happened to her afterwards. The prince picked up her shoe and searched for her and found her and married her. And they live happily ever after. What’s up with that? She was rewarded for being careless. Now if it had happened to me just one time, I’d be accused of littering. Tsk some guys just have all the luck!