Girl, there’s a man out there who genuinely likes you. He’ll make time for you, communicate consistently, cheer for your success, care about your happiness and appreciate everything that makes you you. Stop wasting your energy on people you have to force to do those things. Go live your life.
Nothing will ruin a relationship for me faster than watching my partner show up for other people in ways they don’t show up for me. You have the capacity, just not for us? No thanks.
A hard pill that I had to swallow and coming into realization is that someone wanted the benefits of having me without wanting the responsibility of fully choosing me