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To the Person Who Told Me To Never Settle

You’re too good to have someone you can’t count on.

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To the Person Who Told Me To Never Settle
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We’ve all been there, you’re with someone you think you just CAN NOT live without, and all of your friends see right through it. They say things like “you could do so much better” “don’t settle for him”. Pretty much everything that makes you want to punch them in the face. But then you end up breaking up with them and seeing that everything they ever said to you about this guy was completely right. You just couldn’t see it because you were to involved, and they were the ones looking from the outside in.

So here’s to those people that I wanted to punch in the face.

Thank you for telling me to never settle. Thank you for knowing what was good for me when I was blinded by their company. Because of you, I know that I deserve someone who can put as much effort into our relationship as I am. That being successful shouldn’t be a competition between the two of us, but something we should congratulate each other on. I should be with someone who can put me in my place and I can put them in theirs, and we know it's good for each other.

Because of you, I can live my life without always “looking for someone”. The best advice you’ve ever given me is, “Do everything you love in your 20s and become everything you’ve ever wanted, and by the time you get to your 30s look around you and see the people who have been there the entire time. That’s when you’ll find your spouse.”

Thank you for telling me to never settle, because I will be happy with the person I chose to spend the rest of my life with.

Thank you for helping me realize that being picky isn’t such a bad thing!

Thank you for telling me that I don’t deserve how I am being treated and helping me realize it too.

Most importantly thank you for always being there for me, when the previous relationships never worked out and you never once told me “I told you so” but instead you let me call you at midnight crying to you about how he broke my heart.

“Never F*cking settle. Do you hear me? Never f*cking settle. Be successful, and do things for yourself, because in the end you're the only person you can count on, and you just need someone who can support you. You’re too good to have someone you can’t count on.”

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