your SPOUSE is the one who’ll sit beside you when your PARENTS DIE. who’ll hold your hand through CHILDBIRTH. who might have to BATHE YOU if you’re ever too sick to stand. this isn’t just about BUTTERFLIES or DATE NIGHTS. it’s about choosing someone who SHOWS UP... in GRIEF, in MESS, in UNCERTAINTY. so no, LOVE ALONE isn’t enough. COMMITMENT, MATURITY, and the ability to ENDURE life’s ugly parts... that’s what sustains a MARRIAGE. because when life gets PAINFULLY REAL, ROMANCE won’t carry you... CHARACTER will. and the truth is, FOREVER is only possible with someone who knows how to STAY when it’s HARD TO LOVE
starting a year sad means that i have a lot of opportunities to go up from here. even tho im going thru it right now, i know 2026 will be good to me <3
so here’s what we learned - twitter is not the place to find escape after a breakup - you end up finding things that make you angry and sad and volatile. there’s no comfort here. you’re just too close to people’s brains.
moving on is hard when you truly believed in someone. when you saw them as your person. your future. your safe place. you're not healing from a breakup. you're healing from shattered faith. and faith doesn't rebuild overnight.