Originally Posted by
Vandle
This was an extension of a friendship that endured several falling-outs. It was the culmination of repressed passions, and they just couldn't be restrained anymore. I do love her. Maybe she needs to grow, make more mistakes. But I'm sticking around. When the chosen flight-path leads straight into the mountainside, I'll be the first medic on the ground. With or without appreciation. Because when you love someone, you don't control them, fetter them, or make demands of them. You do all you can to ease their pain, and make their world a better place. Damn my suffering! DAMN THE TEARS I SHED OR THE BLOOD THAT FLOWS!!! Meager sacrifices for the happiness of one you love. Petty, paltry and ephemeral. THAT is what LOVE MEANS! I don't expect any of you to understand that. And you know what? I'm fine with that.
I can see why she shelves you. You are shelf-worthy. No woman would find what you do attractive enough to want it for the rest of their lives. You will only grow and you will only find a reciprocal love when you realize that. Most woman who are worthy of having don't want a man who doesn't respect himself or his own personal boundaries you drop all of yours for the crumbs she gives you. That's not respecting yourself.
You'd do well to look into polyamory and learn to share yourself like she does. At least then, she may find you a little more compatible with her.
Last edited by Wakeup; 20-11-13 at 08:20 PM.
“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” ~Joan Didion