6 Reasons Why Being Perpetually Single Is Not A Bad Thing
You learn to be independent.
You learn to be independent.
You’ll begin to make a list of every sentence they start with “Did you know,” and you’ll fall in love with the subsequent argument. You’ll learn about colors, about anatomy, and about the introverted mind. You’ll learn to look at the sky more often; you’ll learn that there are infinite shades of green in a single blade of grass.
It’s what I’ve learned walking back to my dorm with my friends on dark streets, or laying in bed unhappy about guys that never showed interest, that I’ll remember much longer than what I’ve learned in classes.
We overthink it all. The texts, the glances, the time we spend with someone is all carefully calculated using some algorithm that figures out just the right amount of interest to show.
It’s time for us to stop hating everything, or pretending like we hate everything, including ourselves.
Taking anti-depressants is not giving up, it is a privilege.
You must understand that he confides to her about everything from his marriage to stress at work. She knows about your bad habits, his pet peeves about you, and that he will never leave you.
It may not be the rush of first love or the swell you get when you’re setting out for an exciting vacation. It will be a different kind of happiness and it will waver back and forth. You will ebb and flow.
Why rigidly reserve “beauty” for those who have earned it through their good application of the right shade of eye shadow, rather than those who have been around through the bad times and the good times and who came out strong on the other end of their struggles?
Fuckboys don’t give us the time and energy we deserve.