I’ve learned something about relationships in the generation I’ve been raised in, and that’s that nobody knows how to love someone. Some of my favorite quotes I’ve seen on this website are prime examples. Like, “If they don’t chase you when you walk away, they didn’t love you, keep walking.” | “If they’re jealous, that means they care.” | “A jealous girlfriend is a faithful girlfriend.” Or whatever. ******* wrong. All of that is wrong. That is not love. That’s egotistical *******. The idea that somebody else feeds your needs and your needs alone. Love isn’t jealous or controlling or confined. Love is infinite and selfless and wanting the best for someone even if that means they don’t love you back. If you walk away, that would be your choice. You made that decision and if you were hoping that I would run behind you like a puppy begging to be held again, you would be wrong, because if I love you, I love you enough to let you do what makes you happy, even if that’s not with me. Believing that someone should fight for you to stay…why would you want to be with someone who isn’t concerned with your happiness but only their own? To fight to keep you somewhere you clearly do not want to be, for the happiness of only themselves? & also, JEALOUSY IS NOT LOVE. Read again, and repeat. Jealous is an insecurity. An ego insecurity. Jealous is possessive. YOU DO NOT OWN ANYONE. Read again, and repeat. If you cheat on me, guess who’s issue that’s not? Mine. Guess who that’s on? You. Not my fault. Not my problem. & if someone is ******* that you’re not jealous… that it reflects that you ‘don’t care’, kindly remind them that they are not two and you are here because you love them, not because you wanted to baby sit them. & that because you love them, until that trust is broken, you trust them. & if they break that trust, again, that’s not on you. That’s on them. Another one of my favorite quotes on this website is, “If they’re easy, they’re not worth it.”… Really?… Okay. Something I’ve noticed is that if you are easy, if you are free to give your love without the chasing games, then people see that as nonexciting and boring. Perhaps in comparison to ‘now I care - now I don’t - now I love you - now I hate you’ , I mean what’s ****** love without the whiplash roller coaster of *******? Love is simple, selfless, and free of any and all expectations. I love you. You love me. & whatever happens, we’re honest with each other, we stick together, I expect nothing from you and you expect nothing from me and we are thankful for the love we share, and at the end of the day if we are still meant to be, we will be. & if not, I will still wish the best for you.”