Give me the things that will last whether we’re rich or poor. Give me the things that will matter no matter where we are.
Give me unforgettable conversations instead of dinners, shower me with your secrets instead of your gifts, pick me up when I’m feeling down instead of picking me up in a limo, be my star instead of buying me diamonds.
“We weren’t doing anything important, it wasn’t on a holiday, or a monthly anniversary, or her birthday, the only thing that made that night memorable was the fact that it was the first time I told her I loved her.”
“Literally every girl checks out your package. You can usually see a bulge in the pants. We look. A lot.”
I don’t want the kind of love that’s so encompassing you forget how to exist outside of it.
You climb under the covers so you can cuddle with them, even if you’re boiling hot and don’t understand why the hell they need to wear three blankets at once.
Luckily, creating the illusion that you have your life together is now easier than ever.
And sometimes your life begins after goodbye. When you know you can make it on your own, when you know you can survive, when you know that your hardest goodbye didn’t break you and when you realize how much stronger goodbyes can make you.
I threw all my hope into you, thinking that you could save me. But I’m not angry that you didn’t. Because I was forced to save myself.
“I was playing video games, my mom called from downstairs, on my way down, I walked past her room and someone grabbed my arm. It was my mom. She was shaking: ‘Don’t go down, I heard her, too.’”
“A liar. I am instantly turned off by someone who constantly lies, like come on being honest isn’t that hard and it’s essential in a relationship.” – Jack, 31
While I force myself to remember I don’t need you. While I force myself to admit I’m stronger now, happier now, better now.
Make Face Time dates! You have the technology to see each other’s faces in the literal palm of your hand. Use it.
This is what I do now to “trick” myself into confidence. I hate “hacks” and “tricks”. But I need to survive also and feed people and make myself function.
“When my granddaughter looks into my eyes, and asks me a question. There’s no feeling like it. She feels like I am this endless source of wisdom, which is both flattering and untrue. That is what love is for me.”
Aries: Your openness and energy mean that you fall for people fast, but you lose interest even faster.
If they’re not in an emotional space where they can handle further responsibilities, it might be a considerable wait before they’re ready to settle down
