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What a Narcissist means when they say, “I love you”
The torturous life of loving potential and not reality
Once the butterflies and the “newness” wear off, you will be sitting exactly where you were before the “new” relationship.
Lost, confused, and running from yourself.
Every new relationship or person is a new escape.
This one is it! You’re going to do it all differently this time. You’re not going to lie, and you will show your phone when they ask for it. You’re going to prove to this new person YOU’VE have changed!
But what if the new person doesn’t know you need to change? Are you hiding shit again?
Be honest.
What will you do when, not if the same demons resurface that you never healed, then what?
Do you even like this “new” person? Or is it the “new” you are chasing? One where you are promising yourself things will be different?
What is it you want in a relationship? Can you answer that? Is it what the guy before this one offered, but you fucked it up so bad you had to start over? How many times are you gonna start over?
Oh, I get it, until the new person accepts you with unconditional love, that’s it. All he has to do is accept your…