This one hits deep because it’s the kind of quiet heartbreak that doesn’t always come from a big fight, but from slowly realising you’re the only one still trying. The response captures that ache perfectly. When love starts feeling one-sided, what you’re really feeling is emotional imbalance: one person investing, nurturing, showing up, while the other coasts on the comfort of being loved without doing the work to love back.
You can tell it’s time to let go when your effort starts feeling like begging instead of connection. When your love turns into convincing them to care, to show up, to remember what you once were. Because love isn’t supposed to feel like pulling teeth; it’s supposed to flow both ways, even when life gets hard.
The truth is, people rarely “go back” to who they were and waiting for that version of them keeps you stuck in emotional limbo. You don’t need to walk away in anger or punishment, but you do need to protect your self-worth. Sometimes, the most loving thing you can do for yourself is to stop chasing someone who stopped meeting you halfway.
And when you finally do, it’ll hurt like hell for a while. But that silence that comes after? That’s where your peace starts to rebuild.
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