I am wise enough to realize no relationship is better than a toxic relationship.
I will not put up with controlling, manipulative men.
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Updated 5 years ago,January 10, 2020
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Timothy Paul Smith
He made me raise my standards.
I am wise enough to realizenorelationship is better than a toxic relationship.
I will not put up with controlling, manipulative men.
I will not wait around for someone to change when they clearly arent putting any effort into bettering themselves.
He made me adamant about taking care of myself.
I am stubbornly independent.
I will split bills on dinner dates.
I will never put myself in a position where a man can hold money over my head.
I will never let someone buy my affection.
I will never let someone buy my respect.
I want to be able to look around and say, I did this all on my own.
I dont want to feel like I owe anyone else.
He taught me how much I can handle on my own.
I might only be in my twenties, but Ive already been through a lot.
I have been screwed over and disappointed by someone I trusted not to hurt me.
Someone who was supposed to be there for me.
Someone I thought I could rely on.
He taught me the truth about love early on.
People who love you could hurt you.
People who love it’s possible for you to treat you like shit.
Your love is not going to have the power to change someone.
Your love is not going to convince them to turn their life around.
Your love is not going to do a damn thing.
They are in control of their own actions.
You cannot save them.
You cannot take responsibility for the mistakes they keep making again and again.
He made me realize how important it is to find happiness on my own.
Other people can disappoint me.
They can leave me.
They can screw me over.
The only person who is guaranteed to remain around ismyself.
That is why I have to reach a place of self-acceptance.
I have to learn to be happy on my own because other people will come and go.
He taught me how to be selfish when I need to be.
I dont feel guilty about cutting toxic people out of my world.
My upbringing taught me to put myself first.
