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I Never Knew I Waited for This!

December Prompt: 2024, A Year That Changed Me

Mehak Adlakha
The Live. Love. Laugh. Pub
4 min readDec 20, 2024

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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.

Broken — like my broken heart? | Photo by Aimee Vogelsang on Unsplash

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…

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Mehak Adlakha
Mehak Adlakha

Written by Mehak Adlakha

27 | Owner of 'The Live. Love. Laugh. Pub' and 'Namaste Tales' | Software Engineer @ Microsoft, India | Life Enthusiast and Explorer

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