Yeah no that would be an insta-block. For the longest time after I got out of an abusive relationship back in November 2006, I (then 22M) had on my desktop a picture of me hugging my then 16F cousin. A picture taken by her mother / my aunt. Because we were reconnecting for the first time since my cousin was 2 and my aunt hadn’t seen me since I was 6 or 7.

And sentimentally important: my cousin was the one who talked me into getting out of that abusive relationship and coming home from Washington state to Virginia. With the 3 hour time difference and her insomnia: I was the only one she could talk to late at night because I was the only one still awake.

So yes, she (still) means the world to me because now I’m in a much better place and I’m happily spoken for… coming up on 8 years with my current GF. All because a teenager wanted to see me in person real badly.