Relationships are delicate, to say the least. You can do everything in your power to make something work out with someone but sometimes it takes more than that -something greater than that. Sometimes you need the universe to be on your side.

My love life has looked exactly like the title of this article recently. To make a long story short, I met a great guy and we flirted for a few months. All was well until we learned he had received a job offer in a completely different time zone than me. On the outside, I was proud of him. It was truly an amazing offer and no one was better suited for the position than him. But on the inside, I selfishly hoped he wouldn't take it. I never voiced that part to him, though, because it was never my decision to make.

So, we called it.

Everything between us stopped.

I cried a bit and we went back to being friends just like before as if nothing had happened between us. The thing about distance, though, is it makes you question a lot. My mind was racing over the next few weeks, all boiling down to one key question: would our relationship have turned out differently if the circumstances were different? After overanalyzing every possible decision we made, I still don't have an answer to that. I'm learning to be okay with not knowing.

I wanted to be angry at someone, or something, but I couldn't. I had no reason to be angry. The hurt I was feeling wasn't his fault, nor was it mine. In the weeks since one of the hardest questions I've been asking myself is what I should do here on out. Now that I had an answer to it all- I'll keep putting myself out there with the hope that the universe will be kinder to me later on down the line.