I’ve been sitting here for days now, letting the waves of emotions crash over me. Honestly, I never thought I’d find myself in this space. You know the one — where everything hurts, where you’re left trying to piece together how you got here, staring at your phone, heart aching. Love is supposed to feel good, right? But in the aftermath, it feels like a slow unraveling of the person you thought you were.
I want to share this with you — not because I want sympathy, but because I want you to feel what I’m feeling right now. I want you to feel it so deeply that you’ll never even think about breaking someone’s heart the way mine was broken.
I hope you all feel love once. The kind that lifts you, the kind that gives you a reason to smile on the roughest of days, and the kind that makes everything in life seem bearable because you know you have that person. It’s beautiful, isn’t it? To be in love is like holding onto something so precious and delicate, it feels almost otherworldly.
But when it all comes crashing down, when the person you trust with your soul decides to walk away, the pain cuts deeper than anything else.
I had a love like that. For five years, I loved her with every ounce of who I am. I did everything I could to make her happy, to support her dreams, to make our relationship work. I thought we were solid. I thought we had that unbreakable kind of bond.
But love is a two-way street, and I realized too late that trust is the foundation. Without it, even the strongest love crumbles. She cheated on me — with my best friend. The betrayal wasn’t just in the act itself, but in the fact that she looked me in the eyes and lied, over and over again.
It’s been months now, and I still feel the weight of it. Some days I’m okay; others, it feels like the world is closing in around me. I’m not just mourning the relationship, I’m mourning the future I thought we’d have. I’m grieving for the person I was before all of this — before the lies, before the shattered trust. I gave her my heart, and she broke it.
I want to be clear: I’m not saying this for pity or to villainize anyone. We all make mistakes, and life has a way of teaching us lessons in the hardest ways. But what I’ve learned is this: love is fragile. When you find it, hold onto it, and never take it for granted. And for God’s sake, don’t cheat.
I hope you all fall in love once — really, deeply, and truly. I hope you experience that indescribable connection that makes you feel like you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be in the universe. But more than that, I hope you understand what it means to have someone place their heart in your hands. I hope you realize how much trust it takes to love someone, and how easily that trust can be shattered.
Because if you feel what I’m feeling right now, I promise, you’ll never break someone’s heart. You’ll never lie, or cheat, or betray the one person who believed in you, who trusted you, and who loved you unconditionally.
I never want to feel this kind of pain again. And I don’t want anyone else to feel it, either. So, if you’re reading this, and you’re in love, or you’re thinking about love, I want you to do one thing: protect it. Be honest. Be kind. Be loyal.
Because love is a gift — and it’s not one to be taken lightly. When someone gives you their heart, cherish it. Don’t be the reason someone sits in the dark, staring at their phone, wondering where it all went wrong. Be the reason they believe in love, not the reason they fear it.
And maybe, just maybe, we’ll all learn how to love without breaking one another in the process.