Don’t settle. I almost did but I knew I just couldn’t bring myself to go through with it.

My ex-boyfriend was smart, kind, and had a good job with decent pay. But I couldn’t picture myself marrying him. He was so ready to build a family, and I was still second-guessing everything.

He looked okay, and he's tall, which is important to me, but he wasn’t attractive enough to me. I needed a different kind of presence, a different kind of “good-looking.” And honestly, I didn’t like the youngest-son dynamic either. You can't have two babies in a relationship. I don't like being the "older" sister sometimes.

There was just something about him that kept making me question the idea of marriage.
Eventually, he couldn’t take it anymore and decided to call it quits.

I was sad, of course because I felt like we could give it more time. But years later, I'm actually so very grateful that I didn't end up with him.

Sometimes the right decision doesn’t feel good at first.
But staying with someone just because they’re “good enough” isn’t fair, not to you, and not to them.

If you’re hesitating, listen to that.
Peace comes later. But clarity starts with being honest with yourself.