there’s a strange grief in watching yourself outgrow people. no fight. no closure. just distance. just silence where there used to be laughter. and you wonder if they notice the shift too, or if they’re still holding on to a version of you that no longer exists. it hurts, this quiet shedding. but it’s necessary. not everyone is meant to make it to... See more

i know i don’t want it anymore, but there’s still tenderness in remembering. you can miss something deeply while knowing you’ve stepped beyond it.

There’s one model of the world that goes something like: platonically and romantically we fall in love with people, and then we fall out of love with them. Romantic relationships end. Friendships drift apart. It’s very sad for some period of time, but everyone involved recovers and moves on.

There’s another model of the world that goes something... See more