When break ups happen, I think the person who did the breaking up is often overlooked. The person who got broken up with must be so shattered, must need tons of support - but, no one stops to think about how hard it really is to break up with someone. It takes a lot of…
Continue reading ➞ The Courage It Takes To End A Relationship
I recently read some Twitter wisdom that really stuck with me. When it comes to relationships, everyday won’t be 50/50. Some days will, but some days all he will have is 10 and you gotta give 90 but it’s okay. Because some days all you’ll have is 10 and he’ll give 90. I rarely feel…
My introduction to relationships didn't exactly start off on the right foot. I know we learn a lot from our households growing up, and mine just wasn't really ideal. I don't remember much lovey-dovey stuff happening after I was a kid so for many of my formative years I didn't really know a lot of…
Continue reading ➞ How I Learned What Relationships Are Really Supposed To Be Like
No one wants to get hurt. No one wants to put their heart on the line when there's a possibility of it getting smashed. Unanimously, we can all agree that we do not want our hearts broken. But when it comes to breaking someone else's heart, there is so much less thought put into it. We…
Republished from 2015 No matter how much you want someone to change, the truth is they probably won't ever change. They won't ever become the person you thought they had the potential to be, especially if they were content in their ways before they met you. Whether it be a guy or a girl, some…
If you scroll wayyyy back on this blog, you’ll find some posts from a time in my life where I was anxious, heart broken, depressed, and jaded. It was a time in my life where I had to be alone to grow because I had just gotten out of a toxic relationship that didn’t end…
Continue reading ➞ Things I’ve Learned 5 Years Into A Relationship
There are plenty of fish in the sea, but chances are you are already on someone's hook. We all have that one person who lives deep in the cracks of our pushed-away memories. It's the person that hurt us badly, but we still love. It's the person who will always cause us to backslide. This…
The 7 stages of grief are: Shock, it doesn't quite feel real that your relationship is over. Denial, we try to work things out, talk it out, do anything and change everything to get back together. Anger, we call you names. We tell you it's all your fault, you're a horrible person, you're the reason…
Continue reading ➞ Bad Mouthing Your Ex Is Hurting You, Not Him
It feels like a lifetime ago, but when I was dumped back in college I actually learned a lot about myself that helped shape me into the person I am today. A break up can often be a great thing for us. Here are 10 things great things that came from my boyfriend dumping me:…
Continue reading ➞ 10 Great Things That Came From Being Dumped
Love can change us. Young love shapes us, quick love pleases us, the love that's here to stay grounds us. But I don't think anything changes you more than the hate that can come from love when everything goes wrong. I have loved people in situations that didn't end poorly. We lost touch and I…
