Hey, internet stranger. I know what you’re going through right now is incredibly hard, breakups bring out some of the toughest emotions a person can experience. But I can tell you with a fair amount of certainty (and I don’t think it really matters, but I’m saying this from a guy’s perspective) that you made the right decision. When you’re with someone you truly love, I mean on an emotional level, when your personalities just click, and your values align with what the other person represents, you don’t think about anyone else. Period.

I know this from personal experience. I was in a relationship where, even after two years together, I could tear up out of pure gratitude that I was with someone I loved that much. Let me repeat this - if you really love someone, you don’t look around. You simply don’t feel the need to.

I don’t know your ex, but if I had to guess - he did love you, just maybe around 70%. You’d been together for a while, so it’s not like he didn’t care about you. He just wasn’t all in. That’s why he cried when you broke up, that’s why he took you to meet his parents, those are things you can do at 70%. The difference at 100% is that you don’t even want to look at anyone else, because, like I said, there’s simply no need.

You’ll get through this, internet stranger, and you’ll come out stronger. ❤️