I don’t think your parents should officially meet your partner till you know this is the person you actually want to settle down with & get married to. I’m so big on that. I can’t bring just ANYBODY to my parents.
One day, without warning, it just gets better. You catch yourself smilling again for no reason, the light returns and you feel hope again. You're not surviving, you're living.
I’ll randomly use a word that i didn’t even realize I knew in a sentence & then google it to check if i used it in the right context, most times i did