Heart Affairs
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Heart Affairs

Phoebe Kirke

Feb 20

5 min read

We Don’t Mess With Love, Yet We Like To Mess With The Truth

It’s always about our personal happy ending, not reality.

Photo by Alice Alinari on Unsplash

I need you to be brutally honest with yourself. And now go through everything you said about your last date to your friends. How much was true and how much of it was — well, more in the realm of wishful thinking?

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Phoebe Kirke

Phoebe Kirke

Feminist, activist, sister, but above all, hurt. Writing is my path to living life to the fullest.

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