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I’m uglier than my inappropriately high standards.

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In the small moments where I’m alone with myself, an ache comes over my chest and sits heavily upon my ribs.

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Sometimes, being single really is for the best, because your heart is in the process of healing. Because you’re putting your energy toward working on yourself. Because you’re trying to get yourself back into a good, healthy place.

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The reason you’re single has nothing to do with your lovability. It has to do with compatibility. 

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Most days it’s exhilarating. The freedom beams in technicolor through parties, travels, and time spent with friends.

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Healing from your past takes a lot of self-work, and are we ever really fully healed? Probably not.

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Single shaming is when people ask questions or make comments that imply that they are sad for you or that you should be sad that you are single.

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You believe in the myth that relationships make your life more meaningful.

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This Christmas might be rough, but next Christmas might be the best one yet. 

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I wasn’t really single; I dated myself.