Dear You,
To start, I want to thank you. Thank you, for teaching me all the lessons you have—the good and the bad. Without your presence in my life, I would not be the person I am today. But with that being said, you continuously hurt me. I put years into you, into us. It was a hard pill to swallow that after all the time and effort, we were simply not right for each other.
You disrespected my family, my friends and ultimately, me. You did not talk to me, you yelled at me. When we would fight, you ran; there was no “working things out” with you. I always had to pick up the pieces, and just when I was OK again, you would waltz back in with your shallow apologies. Since I loved you, I let you back in, time after time. I would attempt share my dreams, thoughts or aspirations with you, and the only feedback I received was “be realistic.” As my partner, you should have built me up, not torn me down.
Don’t get me wrong, not everything was negative. When things between us were good, it was great. We share countless memories and had endless laughter. You were my first love, and I will always care about you. The simple fact is that you weren’t good for me. After a long while, I settled the fight between my head and my heart. I knew that it was finally time to let you go, for the sake of me. It hurt. But I knew that it would hurt more to continue this any longer.
You made me realize the quality of my love. I learned that your unappreciative hands did not deserve my golden heart. I loved you to the fullest, in every way possible. Relationships should have equality, positivity and support. You provided none of that. But with all that being said, I do not blame you for not loving me as I loved you. I do not hold it against you. Our hearts and souls were not made for each other, no matter how badly I wished they were at the time. You taught me what I don’t want to look for in the next person I choose to love.
After I cut you out, I taught myself how to love life without you in the picture, and as sad as it is to say, it was a lot easier than I anticipated. I hope that I impacted your life just as much you impacted mine. I wish you the absolute best, and I hope you learned some lessons from us too. But I am happy to see you go. My life is much more positive now that you are gone. If I can love the wrong person as much as I loved you, I can’t imagine how much I will love the right person.
Sincerely,
The person you took for granted
