Nobody prepares you for this specific kind of hurt. Not your friends. Not the internet. Not the self help books that talk about breakups like they always happen in official relationships with clear beginnings and proper endings. Nobody sits you down and says hey if you fall for someone who never commits to you it … Read more
You already know something is off. Maybe you’ve been talking to him for three months and still don’t know what to call it. Maybe you’ve been spending every weekend together and he still hasn’t brought up being exclusive. Maybe you’re lying in bed right now wondering why someone who clearly likes you won’t just commit. … Read more
There’s a specific kind of pain that comes with a situationship ending and it doesn’t have a name yet which is part of why it hurts so much. You can’t call it a breakup because you weren’t together. You can’t explain it to your friends without hearing “but you weren’t even officially dating” which somehow … Read more
Someone probably told you to try no contact because it would make him come running back. Maybe you read about it at midnight while checking if he’d viewed your story. Maybe a friend said just go silent for thirty days and watch what happens. Maybe you found a reddit thread where someone swore it worked … Read more
I was always the funny one. The one cracking jokes. The one with the perfect comeback. The one people looked at and thought yeah, she’s got it all figured out. But here’s what nobody saw. I was falling apart. Quietly. Completely. And so, so alone. The Night Gets Louder When You’re Hurting There’s something about … Read more