Heidi Priebe

This is me accepting that you’re leaving. It’s my acknowledgment that there’s no further argument to make, no angle left to take, no plea or bargain I could wager that could get you to change your mind and stay.

Because I’m going to miss you.

I’m texting you this because I like you.

First of all: Good morning, beautiful. Is it too late to say that? I know you’ve probably been awake a while – likely hours or even all day.

Who will win the Hunger Games?

Somebody always has to care more. This is the unfortunate, cardinal rule of how relationships function. If one person didn’t care a teeny bit more than the other, no one would ever get asked out. Or proposed to.

It’s easy to misidentify our personality types.

So your life has been a little monotonous for a long time now. So you’re struggling to figure out what comes next. So some days, you feel *this close* to giving up on your dreams altogether. But hold on.

The world needs ENFPs to inspire people who have lost their purpose and can’t find their way. The world needs INFPs to mend broken spirits and inspire great compassion.

ENFPs are all-or-nothing people in their lives and in love. They take romantic relationships seriously, yet approach them with enthusiasm and warmth.

For a very long time growing up, I assumed that the strongest relationships were the messiest ones. After all, conflict was the main focus of every romantic comedy I watched growing up. Every romance novel I read.

I spent every day of 2024 missing you.

Chase the dream you can’t ignore—it’s waited long enough, and so have you. Every year, we make a predictable and well-intentioned list of New Year’s Resolutions. Lose weight. Change careers. Find love. Save money.

Marriage isn’t about settling down; it’s about taking off. That is, if you find the right person. Marrying you is not the end of my liberty; it’s the beginning of it.

When you reach into the depths of your memory and can barely remember the last time you felt terrified. The last time nerves pirouetted through your throat.

As the year closes, maybe it’s time to think about forgiveness. I hate every cliché that exists about forgiveness.

It’s hard to get over a cheater because the only person you hate more than them is yourself. It is hard to get over a cheater because when you leave the relationship, there are two people you must mourn.

So your life has been a little monotonous for a long time now. So you’re struggling to figure out what comes next. So some days, you feel *this close* to giving up on your dreams altogether. But hold on.