I feel like I never got enough credit for the grown up that I've become. It's okay for parents to take a step back and let us raise ourselves. Sometimes people need to listen more than they talk. Listening turns to understanding. When you start listening is when you actually start getting to know the person you're having a conversation with.

Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with everything they have.

Don't live in the past, because we'll miss everything that's happening in the present and things that will happen in the future.

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to never let you down, probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

We don't know who we are until we're connected to someone else. We're just better human beings when we're with the person we're supposed to be with.

Fine. I'll say it. I'm scared. I'm scared to become like everyone else. I'm scared that the same things that happened to everyone else will happen to me. I'm scared to raise a child alone. I'm scared to have to put my kid through that. I'm scared to struggle financially. I'm scared to get married and have it end in divorce. I'm scared to be unhappy. I'm scared to do the wrong thing, say the wrong thing. I'm scared to fall in love and have my heart broken. I'm scared to pick the wrong person. I'm scared our feelings will change. I'm scared our plans will change. I'm scared that we'll want the same things initially and not agree when it comes down to it. I'm scared that we're not right for each other. The hurtful things that we say to each other when we're angry...how much of that is the truth? Are we really only happy when we're fucking? I didn't think so. I didn't think we were fighting that much. Are we really not happy? Doesn't every couple fight? Do they fight as much as we do? How do you know when it's too much? At what point is it not healthy anymore? Don't we still love each other? Full heartedly, intense, weak in the knees, forever and ever kind of love? I can't let go of anything. I can't fully accept apologies. An apology is when you say sorry for something that you did and have every intention to not ever do it again. I never believe that your mistakes are a one time deal. They never are. We often have the same arguments. I'm not nagging and I'm not wrong and I won't back down. There are a lot of things I think about that I don't say out loud. I'm constantly thinking about our future and your track record in our relationship. I don't want to waste my time in this. I don't feel like I want to walk away but I also don't want to keep dealing with the same shit all the time.

We live in a generation of not being in love, and not being together But we sure make it feel like we're together Because we're scared to see each other with somebody else.