i’m not proud of how easily i’d forgive you
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I can't call her anymore
I put my son first,
which meant to her
that I put her behind -
beneath.
I put my son first
because he needs me
more than
she ever did.
I put my son first
because when
she put him in harms way
I chose his safety
over our friendship,
and I don't feel bad
because I would do it again
any damn day.
I put my son first.
but my god, I miss her.
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Okay so here's the thing I don't how people can let go of best friends???!!! I lost my best friend of 3 years months ago and even now it's like I'm not the same. Ik growth is inevitable but the pain or the memories I had with her isss so much to endure and i can't just let her go properly because at the end of the day she is gonna be the first person I loved like that in my life and nothing could change that even if I'm 20 years old or 30 years old
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Flee from me dark star,
Touch me like an angel
And then leave forever.
.
Who am I thinking of,
In the light of day
When I weave my arms around myself
And will myself back home?
.
Gently weave yourself into my life,
Unchain and tether me to you,
Whisper your wings across my brow
And sing-song
"Everything will be alright."
.
Then go.
.
Leave abruptly all at once
And edge me along for years.
You never loved me.
You never wanted me,
A filthy obligation
And someone to save.
.
Yeah, you saved me,
But at the cost of you hating me.
You get to move on,
And I'm left here
Wondering what I did wrong?
I'll never know
Because you refused to speak.
.
So speak,
Tell me of a time
Where you told me the truth.
Tell me of a time
Where I was not an animal
But a man.
.
Run away,
Like you always do.
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I set one of my best girl friends up with one of my best guy friends (they both told me they liked the other and he was literally the only fucking man I knew other than my husband I trusted) and he broke her heart and fucked her over and her young daughter so I'm going through a friend breakup while feeling my bestie's breakup hurt so I need that new Taylor Swift album precisely now.
Especially "The Smallest Man In The World." cause that is what he is.
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worst relationship status to have w someone is “objectively they’re a fine person who is nice but i don’t enjoy their company as much as they enjoy mine”
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Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".
Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"
And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".
Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.
At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.
So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!
Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!
Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!
Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.
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crazy out of context and not much better with context
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i still care still care about you. unconditionally.
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I'm sorry I'm still not over Riz taking the High Fantasy Equivalent Of Speed except no one remembers he weighs 25 pounds soaking wet so instead of Calming The Hell Down like we all know in our heart of hearts Riz would do if he actually took properly dosed stimulants he just sprints through all 9 phases of hyperfocus and ascends to neurodivergent godhood and starts solving mysteries you've never heard of and then becomes paranoid that someone's gonna take his memories so he goes up to a pirate and asks them to tattoo his red string conspiracy board on his flesh
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