its unfair no? we were doing our best to make them special, treat them good and gave them assurance. We treat them the way they deserve but in the end, all they give is heartache, betrayal, ungrateful, plasticity and even questioning your worth.
‘I overplayed my part’, ‘I cared too much’ no. you were simply being you: gentle & thoughtful. someone was using you for their own benefit and you’re trying to understand how you messed it up? you didn’t. they didn’t value you the way you valued them, and that’s never your fault.