some things don't go back to normal, even after an apology. once you've seen how someone can hurt you, you can't unsee it. you can forgive, and even laugh together like nothing happened, but a part of you will always remember how it felt, and that changes everything.
Being heard is a basic human need. When someone consistently fails to give that, it's not just distraction, it means they're not truly present, even when they're in the room
NOBODY knows a man better than the woman he’s in a relationship with. when i say NOBODY, i mean NOBODY. not his PARENTS, not his HOMIES, not his SIBLINGS. they see ONE SIDE of him... but his girl gets the RAW, UNFILTERED version. the BROKEN version. the LOVING version. the HATEFUL version. the UNSTABLE version
You aren’t going to be able to maintain long term relationships, platonic or romantic if you aren’t prepared to talk about what’s bothering you and give people a chance to address and fix it. Nor give them the chance to tell you when you do something to them.