I mean, let’s think about this for a minute. How could we know how good we have it if we weren’t aware of how else things could turn out? How could I know how lucky I am for job security right now if so many people weren’t that lucky? If everyone were secure, it wouldn’t be luck at all, right? It would just be… a normal state of affairs. Average. The norm. So how do people know they are having their happy ending unless they can see how not everyone does? And if that’s the case, then how can we all be destined for this happily ever after? The truth is that I gave up on my own happily ever after about a year ago. After two divorces and countless dating flops, I simply stopped believing that there were rainbows and pots of gold at the end of a specific journey for me. I turned off some of my online dating accounts and simply stopped looking at others. And while it seems like such a sad thing to so many of you, it wasn’t. It was just that I stopped believing I would ride off into the sunset on a white steed with my prince charming. I stopped assuming that that was the ending created for me. And I started to believe that I might ride off into the sunset by myself at the end of my life movie.
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In my perfect little vision of the world, it will be easy to tell when (and if) I have found a potential life partner. I will magically realize that this person is different from all those who came before. Like pieces of a puzzle fitting together, it will just be right. And one of the ways I will know it’s right is because it will be easy. Now don’t think I have taken too much cough medicine… I’m not high. I know any relationship requires work and I know nothing will be flawless. So just relax over there. I’m saying that in the beginning, things should be simple. And for the most part, it should be easier than not. The beginning of my relationship with this potential mate will not be marked by trouble or tears or potential heartbreak. It will be that fuzzy glowy honeymoon stage everyone always talks about. And while I’ll know he isn’t perfect, I may just forget once in a while.
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But today, I don’t know. Am I being unrealistic? Is everything a struggle of sorts? How long should this fabled honeymoon stage last? And should it really be struggle-free? Anymore, I’m not sure. Because I’m 32 years old and I’ve never just had it easy. I don’t remember any of these mystical honeymoon phases in my life. (Not even on my actual honeymoon. Which is probably just sad.) I don’t remember things ever being easy. So here is my question to you, gentle readers. Is it ever really easy? Is there really a blissed out phase where nothing is just an obstacle to be dealt with? Can the beginning of a relationship be simple without either party indulging in some serious delusion? I need to know.
Mature Women
Sometimes what is left unsaid is as powerful if not more so than the words we do share. And while I hate when others do this, here it is. There is a lot I’m leaving unsaid right now. Before I face a barrage of opinions and feedback and other people’s thoughts, I need to make sure I’m clear on my own. I need the dust to settle. I need to breathe. So I may not be saying a lot right now. But I’m here. And I’m living. And with each passing day the dust is settling a bit more and my breaths come clearer. When this all lifts for sure, I’ll have a lot to say. Don’t you worry. But for now, I’m here. I’m quiet, but I’m here. Don’t give up on me.
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It seems like everyone from your parents to Disney movies wants you to believe in this concept of fairytale endings. From children we are taught that we deserve happiness and it is waiting out there for us just around the corner. That the natural conclusion to every life is a happy home full of someone who loves you. Even today our well-meaning friends fill us with advice about we we deserve and what we will find. They are full of platitudes and don’t-give-up-yets. But is it really possible for everyone to have such a happy ending?