For the woman who’s loved a man before he was ready—
I won’t pretend the end was all on me. But still—I wish I had been the man I am now, back then.
I can’t go back.
But I can be grateful for the part she played in helping me become the one I’ll be for someone else.
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲.𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞.𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦? 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. Because it’s not just how she looks.It’s how she sees me.How she touches like she means it.How her closeness doesn’t just invite—but claims. If you’re a woman who’s ever given that to someone—If you’re a woman…
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀.Men who tell you to be strong.And then there’s the man who kneels beside it—not to clean it up,𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼’𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁—𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱…
You do the cooking? I do the cooking?You do the laundry? I do the laundry?You brush the dog? I shave the cat? Just details. What I’m after is the woman whose company makes the doings feel like the main event. A best friend who turns a Tuesday at the stove into a highlight of my…
We learned to stay quiet not because we don’t feel—but because no one showed us how to stay whole after speaking.This one’s about containment, and the cost of being misread.If you’ve ever wondered why a man stayed quiet when you wanted him to speak, this is sometimes why.Follow if this put words to something you’ve…
I thought I could work it out.I thought all I needed was to find “The” answer.I thought if I tried hard enough…I could change us through the will of my want.⠀But that was the trap.The outside world is not mine to command—only my inside one is.⠀When a relationship ended, I didn’t just lose “us.”See, I…
It’s a heavy week. But even when it doesn’t feel true, you can still choose hope.
