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If you've ever experienced a romantic relationship, you know:
Some are good.
Some are...not so good.
Relationships are a mixed bag.
Romance is not always all that.
Yet there can be this sense of dread that creeps in, if you aren’t currently lock-step with the cultural expectation for full-on hand-fasted happiness, every day, till death do us part.
What society tells us is:
We’re supposed to be in love.
We’re supposed to be romantic.
We’re supposed to be committed.
We’re supposed to be twin-flamed.
But none of this is real.
It’s just a made-up story.
It's society's story.
It doesn't have to be ours.
On any given day—some of us will be with our Beloved, some of us will be estranged, some of us will be with friends or family, some of us will be alone.
There is no one way.
If you are not fitting into society's story of what romance should be, there isn't anything wrong with you.
It's the story that's the falsehood.
Stop repeating it to yourself.
Some are good.
Some are...not so good.
Relationships are a mixed bag.
Romance is not always all that.
Yet there can be this sense of dread that creeps in, if you aren’t currently lock-step with the cultural expectation for full-on hand-fasted happiness, every day, till death do us part.
What society tells us is:
We’re supposed to be in love.
We’re supposed to be romantic.
We’re supposed to be committed.
We’re supposed to be twin-flamed.
But none of this is real.
It’s just a made-up story.
It's society's story.
It doesn't have to be ours.
On any given day—some of us will be with our Beloved, some of us will be estranged, some of us will be with friends or family, some of us will be alone.
There is no one way.
If you are not fitting into society's story of what romance should be, there isn't anything wrong with you.
It's the story that's the falsehood.
Stop repeating it to yourself.
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