Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Break up-ish

So I think one of the best ways I've ever read someone describe the difference in getting over a breakup between the one who ends and the one who deals with the end is the idea of unpacking feelings. The one who ends it did all their unpacking slowly for a while and so they're ready to move on with life. The receiver has had no chance to unpack and thus is distraught and confused as to how their former partner can be over things already. That's how things are with me and him, and even though we haven't been dating for months, it's how I finally know we're over. Before, it was like he hadn't unpacked at all and we were both in the same boat. This time... He wasn't as sad as before. He didn't cry with me, he just tried to comfort me then moved on. And that's how I know it's real this time. He has unpacked everything. Now I'm truly alone, and I suppose that's okay.