...We have to invent a new word for ‘over’”. So goes my favorite line in Sex and the City (so ester, spoken by Carrie Bradshaw to Mr. Big. I thought about it now coz I just realized it is actually possible to get over someone you love greatly. Someone you obsess about, and who defines what you wear in the morning and how you spend the rest of the day, someone you want so badly you make a fool of yourself over and over just to be with him, no matter how many times and how casually he dumps you.
Maybe you just get exhausted to the bone. Maybe you realize the futility of it all. Maybe you find someone who treats you way better. It is even possible to fall out of love. And when it is over, you’re just relived to be out of your misery. (Come to think of it, loving someone is one great misery. You open yourself up to the absolute power and mercy of another person. You’re at your most vulnerable, most fragile.) Maybe you’re angry, for having invested so much drama and emotion to this guy who just treats you like dirt and leaves you with nothing but crumbs. But a part of you is also sad, because it didn’t work out, and somewhere in the secret places of your soul you will always wonder what could have been.
It’s comforting to know that it is possible to get over someone.
unearthing words from my heart
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