It’s okay and healthy to want love and companionship. Where things get complicated is when people want a relationship to pass on their genes, because time is ticking, because they want financial security, because they’re afraid of ending up alone, or because society tells them they should be settled by a certain age.
i think the hardest part is all those little things you still instinctively want to share with them. something funny happens, or you have a rough day, and for a moment you frgt they're no longer the person you can turn to, that kind of silence can be really hard to get used to.
you can be solid as fuck & still be overlooked in the wrong room. stop trying to prove your worth to people who were never equipped to recognize it.