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This was such a brutal read. If you've never experienced young love (teens & very early 20's) then your ability to pair bond is fucked. This is exhibit A. This in particular was hard to read:With LTR 3, a few weeks ago, I was going through her old photo album, seeing a version of her with a youthful glow. There were hundreds of photos of friends, her at parties and celebrations, overseas travel, studies abroad, etc. Then I looked at her face, began noticing the crows feet, the subtle wrinkles and the slight thinning of hair. She smiled and I kind of had a moment of epiphany.
It was a strange feeling. I was suddenly aware that her youthful version would have never given me a second glance and her being deferential, caring and pleasing to me now is pure and part of who she is, a result of past foundational experiences she had, that which I lack. Our past experiences are nothing alike. I have no photo album.
She loves me as the man I’m now, not the man I was. The man I was needed love and companionship. I can’t truly reciprocate LTR 3’s devotion because I see things now on a purely transactional basis based on an unnatural way of maturing.