(E ai ki te kōrero ki a Pulkit Vasudha)
"Kaua ināianei, e te aroha," tana kī
Ripanga o Ihirangi
I pā mai te harikoa ki ahau i a au e awhi ana i tōna hope, e pā ana ōku ngutu ki tōna kaki. I titiro pōuri ia ki ōku kanohi, ka mimi i ahau me te ngākau mā, kātahi ka tahuri atu.
Kua ngaro kē ngā rā i ngenge ai tōku tinana katoa i te āwangawanga moepuku. Whai muri i ngā tau e whitu i roto i tētahi whanaungatanga tata kore ira tangata, kua mutu taku mahi. I aroha tonu ahau ki a ia, i hiahia ki a ia, ā, i hiahia ki a ia pērā i ngā rā whakahihiri o te aroha. I muri noa i ngā wiki torutoru i muri i tō māua tīmatanga ki te whakaipoipo, kua tīmata te memeha haere o tō māua oranga moepuku, tae noa ki ngā marama e toru, i inoi ahau ki a ia kia moe tahi māua, kia awhi i ahau pērā i tana e hiahia ai. Ināianei, kotahi, e rua rānei ngā wā i te tau ka moe tahi māua i te mea whakarihariha.
I aroha nui mātou tetahi ki tetahi,
Kāore tā māua marena i kore he aroha, engari he kore he ira tangata. He maha ngā huarahi i hari ai ahau i a ia, engari nā te korenga o te moepuku i ngau kino i ahau. He maha ngā rā i whakaaro ai ahau he aha ia i kore ai i kite i ahau he ātaahua. He aha taku i mahi ai i kore ai ia e aro? I te moe ia i tētahi atu? I te huna ia i te takatāpui, i te whakakakahu i ngā kākahu rerekē, i te matakitaki nui rānei i ngā kiriata pono? He aha taku e taea ai te hono atu anō ki a ia?
He maha ngā wā i ngana ai ahau ki te kōrero ki a ia mō ōna hiahia, āna moemoeā, tōna oranga moepuku o mua, āna tumanako mō ō mātou – he ngana koretake ki te hono i te āputa o te whanaungatanga i roto i ō mātou oranga. Ka noho ia me tōna mahunga i roto i ōna ringa, ka mirimiri i a ia anō i roto i tōna ake riri. I mea ia e hiahia ana ia kia noho piripono māua, kia ātaahua, kia aroha. Ā, i hiahia ahau ki te whakapono ki a ia, i tino hiahia ahau ki te whakapono ki a ia, engari i te taha tinana, kua noho māua hei tauhou tetahi ki tetahi. I kite ahau i te mamae i roto i ōna kanohi, "Kua roa rawa, kāore au i te mōhio me pēhea te pā atu ki a koe. Ki te pupuri i a koe, me pēhea atu."
Ki te ao, he tokorua harikoa māua
Tokorua ā māua tamariki ataahua. Ki te ao whānui, i pukumahi māua i roto i te rūma moe, engari ko te pono, i pāngia tō māua marena e te mamae me ngā tautohetohe mō te taatai. I puta ake te whakaaro mō te wehenga, engari he kaha rawa tō māua aroha ki te maka atu.
I tango ahau i a Tinder, engari kāore tetahi o ngā taitama ātaahua i whakaoho i tōku hiahia ki te swipe matau. I whakaaro ahau ki ngā gigolo – i mōhio he nui, he wātea hoki rātou! Engari i mōhio ahau kua whiwhi kē ahau i te tangata i hiahiatia e au – he aha ia te kore ai e hiahia ki ahau?
I roto i ngā tuhinga me ngā maheni, i whakanuia te aroha e mau tonu ana ahakoa kua memeha haere te taatai, engari kāore tetahi i kōrero mō te ngaro o te taatai mai i te tīmatanga o tētahi whanaungatanga nui. He mea whakamiharo te tokomaha o ōku hoa i roto i ngā marena kore-ira tangata. Ko tētahi i whai whanaungatanga i whakaitihia ki te whakawhitiwhiti koha i hokona i ngā toa taunga rererangi. Ko tētahi i whai i tētahi haerenga honi whakamiharo e whā tau i mua i te matenga o tōna oranga taatai nā te tiaki tamariki me ngā ahotea ngaio. Ko tētahi atu huarahi i roto i tētahi whanaungatanga tukino 15-tau me te tino mohio kei te tinihanga tana tāne ki a ia. Ko te whakapuaki i ā mātou kōrero, ko te mamae me ngā katakata kino mō ngā oranga kore-ira tangata me ngā hoa wahine he mea whakaora.
I muri i ētahi marama i tīmata ai māua te whakaipoipo, ka tono ahau ki taku tāne kia kite i tētahi tohunga hinengaro. "Kāore au e hiahia ki te kite i tētahi. Ka taea e au te whakatau i tēnei mea," tana kī. Hei whakamutunga, i muri i ngā tau e rima, i muri i taku whakawehi ki te wehe atu, ka haere ia ki te kite i tētahi kaitohutohu moepuku, kātahi ka haere tahi māua ki te kaitohutohu marena. Ahakoa kāore i angitu, ā, kāore tonu i taea e taku tāne te whakamārama i tōna kore hiahia ki te moepuku, i kite ahau kua pai ake ia ki te kōrero.
I ētahi marama i muri mai, i a māua e tuhi ana i ngā mea hei mahi i roto i tētahi pukatuhi, ka titiro takaro ahau ki a ia, me te tumanako puku kāore tēnei e arahi ki tētahi atu tautohe me ngā haora o te wā whakarongo puku.
Kei te pai haere ngā mea inaianei
I tono atu ahau ki a ia kia tuhia ētahi o ngā mea i ngaro i a ia mō te taatai. E rima meneti tana wā.
I āhua ruarua ia, engari i tuhituhi '1. Whakahē atu i a ia'. "Āe, haere tonu." I te otinga o āna mahi e whitu, i tuhituhia e au e whitu ngā mea i ngaro i ahau. Tuhia atu ētahi atu e whitu, ka mea atu ahau. I tēnei wā kua pau ngā mea i ngaro i a mātou, ā, kei te kōrero mātou mō ngā mea e hiahiatia ana e mātou. I tīmata mātou ki te mahi tahi, ki te āwhina tetahi i tetahi, ki te tuku whakaaro, ki te pātai. I te otinga o tā mātou rārangi nama, 31. Ko tā mātou marama moe tāne. I whakaritea hoki he wā.
I te aonga ake, he rite tonu te tumanako ki te takaro i mua. Ko te kare ā-roto o te hiahia me te harikoa he tino harikoa, ā, koinei te kaupapa mō te marama i muri mai. I ētahi wā ka tatari mātou kia moe ngā pēpi, engari he maha ngā wā ka pukumahi mātou ki te mahi i te mahi i te rā. He maha ngā rā i ngenge ai mātou, ā, ka kōrero noa iho, engari kāore he aha. Kua riro mai i ahau taku tāne, ā, kua kitea anō e mātou tō mātou hihiri.
Āta karohia ngā whakaaro whakamomori ina pāngia koe e te whakahē i roto i te aroha
Kāore tō koha e kiia he kaupapa aroha takohaMā tēnei ka taea e Bonobology te kawe mai i ngā mōhiotanga hou me ngā mōhiotanga hou ki a koe i roto i tā mātou whainga ki te āwhina i te tangata katoa o te ao ki te ako me pēhea te mahi i tetahi mea.
He rawe. He mahi nui a te wahine ki te mārama me te huri i te āhuatanga. I tatari ia me te manawanui, i kōrero te tāne, ā, i whakatau i ngā mea kia pai. He mea whakahihiko tēnei ki te tini o ngā tāne me ngā wāhine. I roto i ngā tumanakohanga tere o ēnei rā, he pai ake ki ētahi wāhine te tinihanga i ā rātou tāne i te kimi otinga i roto i te marena. Waihoki, ko ētahi wāhine kāore e kōrero ana mō ā rātou tumanakohanga, raruraru rānei ki te tāne ahakoa he pai te whanaungatanga, engari ka moe tahi me te tangata tuatoru, ka tūhura i ngā momo mahi i raro i te moe pō kotahi, i ngā mahi moe rānei me te hiahia me te hiahia whaiaro, ā, e kī tonu ana e aroha ana rātou ki tā rātou tāne. He kōrero rongonui tēnei mō te whakahaere a te wahine aroha i te āhuatanga, kaua e mawehe atu i te whanaungatanga.
He tuhinga tino pai tēnei kua roa nei e pānuihia ana e au mō ngā marena. He nui te tumanako e homai ana ki ētahi atu tāne me ngā wāhine e pāngia ana e ngā āhuatanga ōrite. Ko te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, he maeneene, he ahu whakamua hoki, te mea nui i āwhina i te whakatau i te raruraru…He harikoa ki te kite kua whakatauria.