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I swear I can instill confidence in everybody else all day long. š I can tell somebody exactly why theyāre beautiful, why they deserve better, why one person not choosing them doesnāt mean thereās something wrong with them, why they shouldnāt shrink themselves just because somebody else couldnāt appreciate what they had.
But myself personally? Yeah.. Thatās where I struggle.
And lately Iāve been feeling really low about myself. Like REALLY low sometimes. Not fishing for compliments, not wanting anybody to come tell me how pretty I am, because honestly I already know what people are going to say. Itās just this feeling I canāt quite shake.
Sometimes I feel like Iām the town everybody just blows through.
You know the kind. š You stop because you need gas. Maybe some snacks. Maybe you have to pee. Maybe youāre tired and need somewhere convenient for a minute before continuing on to wherever you were actually trying to go.
Nobody came there because they wanted to stay.
And somehow thatās what dating and relationships have started making me feel like.
Convenient enough to stop at. Good enough to enjoy for a little while. Good enough for company, affection, sex, conversation, comfort, food, attention, whatever somebody needed at that particular point in their life.
And then eventually they keep driving.
It reminds me of Aberdeen, Washington. I used to live there and anybody from around here probably knows EXACTLY what I mean. š Aberdeen can look dingy as hell. For a lot of people itās basically that place you drive through on your way to somewhere else. Westport, the coast, the Olympics, wherever. Stop. Get what you need. Keep going...
Funny thing is, if you actually LOOK at Aberdeen and the geography surrounding it, it is beautiful.
Like genuinely beautiful.
There are rivers, trees, mountains not far beyond it, the harbor, all this nature surrounding this little town people barely give a second thought to because theyāre too busy trying to get THROUGH it.
Itās literally called the Gateway to the Olympics for a reason.
And I guess lately Iāve been wondering if maybe thatās how I feel about myself.
Maybe there is beauty here. Maybe there is more to me
But myself personally? Yeah.. Thatās where I struggle.
And lately Iāve been feeling really low about myself. Like REALLY low sometimes. Not fishing for compliments, not wanting anybody to come tell me how pretty I am, because honestly I already know what people are going to say. Itās just this feeling I canāt quite shake.
Sometimes I feel like Iām the town everybody just blows through.
You know the kind. š You stop because you need gas. Maybe some snacks. Maybe you have to pee. Maybe youāre tired and need somewhere convenient for a minute before continuing on to wherever you were actually trying to go.
Nobody came there because they wanted to stay.
And somehow thatās what dating and relationships have started making me feel like.
Convenient enough to stop at. Good enough to enjoy for a little while. Good enough for company, affection, sex, conversation, comfort, food, attention, whatever somebody needed at that particular point in their life.
And then eventually they keep driving.
It reminds me of Aberdeen, Washington. I used to live there and anybody from around here probably knows EXACTLY what I mean. š Aberdeen can look dingy as hell. For a lot of people itās basically that place you drive through on your way to somewhere else. Westport, the coast, the Olympics, wherever. Stop. Get what you need. Keep going...
Funny thing is, if you actually LOOK at Aberdeen and the geography surrounding it, it is beautiful.
Like genuinely beautiful.
There are rivers, trees, mountains not far beyond it, the harbor, all this nature surrounding this little town people barely give a second thought to because theyāre too busy trying to get THROUGH it.
Itās literally called the Gateway to the Olympics for a reason.
And I guess lately Iāve been wondering if maybe thatās how I feel about myself.
Maybe there is beauty here. Maybe there is more to me
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