I recently got out of a relationship — one I genuinely believed had the potential to last. Even though we only knew each other for just over a year, I could already picture what life might look like with him in the future. I was comfortable being fully myself around him. He reminded me what it felt like to have someone truly on your side, someone who knows how to hold space for you when you’re falling apart. He was my cheerleader.
During one of the most uncertain phases of my life, he became my anchor without even realizing it. He was the only person I trusted enough to lean on. Whenever I broke down, he somehow knew exactly how to soothe me in ways I didn’t even know my nervous system needed.
But eventually, we both realized the relationship was running its own course. Our feelings were no longer aligned, and we chose to end it for the sake of both of us. Still, how do you let go of something you quietly hoped could be saved? Something that made you happy, but also started to hurt you at the same time?
Letting go of someone you care deeply about is never easy. Yet despite the pain, I don’t regret the relationship at all. The year with him was amazing, we get to experience life together. I would choose it again, even knowing it would end, because every relationship teaches me something new about myself — and that, to me, is worth everything.