Silent Hero Bullshit (Part 2)

You don't understand - I do have to be strong.

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1. "Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shore, no matter how many times he is sent away."

2. What would you change, if you could only change one thing? What would you keep, if you could only keep one thing?

3. "I'd like to build a fort."
"Why would you want to do that...?"
"...nevermind."

4. Words have never been enough.



How do you know what's right? Maybe this time, or maybe the next...

"There's a lot to think about."

1. We need to talk.
2. Are you okay?

3. So what does this mean?

4. I'm so sorry.

5. I'm just trying to do what's right for both of us.

6. I want my key back.

7. I just need some time to think about things.

8. I never meant to hurt you.

9. Is this really what you want?

10. This is hard for me, too.

11. I hope we can still be friends.

12. What am I going to tell [our friends/my parents]?

13. There's no one else, I swear.

14. I'm just not ready to settle down.

15. Where is this going?

16. So it's really over, then.

17. I love you.

18. I hate you.

19. I can't do this anymore.

20. You're going to make someone so happy someday.

21. You're making a huge mistake.

22. Get out.

23. What about [the shared pet/our impending vacation/the kids]?

24. I knew it.

25. I'm not in love with you anymore.

26. Where is this coming from?

27. I can't believe this.

28. You're more like a [roommate/friend/sibling].

29. I need to focus on my career.

30. You're not the person I fell in love with.

31. All we do is fight.

32. I wish I never met you.

33. There's someone else.

34. Are you sure?

35. I just need some space.

36. It's over, it has been for awhile.

37. I can't even look at you anymore.

38. It's not me, it's you.

39. It's not you, it's me.

40. How could you do this to me?

41. I think you're an amazing person.

42. Tell me you're going to be okay.

43. You deserve better than this.

44. Don't ever talk to me again.

45. I just want things to go back to how they used to be.

46. I never cheated on you.

47. When can I pick up my stuff?

48. Who is [he/she/it]?

49. You broke my heart.

50. This isn't working.

-50 Things to Say During a Breakup

June 13, 2008

June 4, 2010: "I know we don't talk much anymore, but I will never forget how you changed my life, and I will never forget you."

June 13, 2013: "I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside of me there will always be the person I am tonight." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

Who the hell can see forever?

remember me fondly

"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good."

I wrote a checklist of things that I was worried about happening before I left almost three years ago. You know, it's funny. Almost all of them happened.