i love being a new yorker i love my city i love my state i love our immigrants i love our diversity i love our bluntness i love our warmth i love our hopes i love our dreams i love everyone who loves this city and wants to make it better and more beautiful for us all
it’s valid to distance yourself from people who constantly misread your intentions, your character, or your boundaries. being misunderstood once is human, being repeatedly misperceived becomes draining.