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I Never Knew I Waited for This!
December Prompt: 2024, A Year That Changed Me
All my life, I waited for love. Ever since puberty awakened my understanding of words like love and partner, I found myself drawn to the hype surrounding them.
It felt like a trap — I wanted love, craved it, and believed something was missing in me, in my life. I was convinced it had to be fixed.
Relationships happened. Relationships failed.
Then came another, and it failed too.
It became a cycle.
A series of bad decisions leading to heartbreak — it became a cycle.
I experienced it all: emotional, mental, financial and even physical abuse. I literally got it all in different ways.
The longing for love never left, but that desperation kept pushing me toward the wrong choices.
Finally, at 25, I realized something crucial: I was the reason for my misery. I was chasing something outside of myself, refusing to let go of the idea that love was the missing piece.
So, I gave up, thankfully.
I finally chose to remain single and focus on myself — my self-esteem, my choices, my self-love. I started building a life of positivity, free from the craving for…