THAT'S IT.
Couldn't play games, couldn't control me...
Blocking me was a "form of control,"
BUT.... THE ONLY THING HE COULD DO.....
WAS PROJECT.
THAT'S IT.
My control.... WAS LETTING HIM MOVE ON.
LIKE HE COULD HAVE DONE.
Because that's what I was supposed to do! Right?
So I did that.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT THE DISTANCE
THAT HE CREATED.
I DID THAT.
RIGHT?
I wasn't expecting him to TRY TO PLAY MORE.
Definitely not after 12 years...
They can't BE MAD that I don't want to reconnect....
AFTER ALL OF THAT.
CHANGING.... WOULD HAVE TO REQUIRE
AN EGO DEATH...
"DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL"
SOUL SEARCHING.
WOULD I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE MAD?
IF HE DIDN'T WANT TO RECONNECT
AFTER I DID ALL OF THAT?
NO!!!!!!! I'D HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT.
Am I not allowed to be doing well now?
FOR MYSELF?
"SOME PEOPLE ARE SO ROOTED IN EGO
THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE"
THEY CAN FIND OUT BY THEMSELVES!
It wasn't ME he wanted access to.
OR HE WOULD HAVE TREATED ME WELL.
RIGHT?
IT WAS MY ENERGY HE WANTED ACCESS TO.
AND MITIGATION.
WITHOUT WANTING TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS ANYTHING....
THEN WANTS TO BE MAD???? WHAT?????!!!!
WANTS TO "DEMONIZE" ME FOR CHANGING MY OWN LIFE
WITHOUT HIM....
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN IT!
FOR 12 YEARS. RIGHT?
SO WHY BE MAD NOW?
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT DO "THE WORK"
CAN'T BE MAD AT THOSE WHO HAVE.
HE WANTED THE OLD VERSION OF ME.
WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE WAY THINGS USED TO BE...
BUT.... WAS HE RESPECTING ME?
DID HE TREAT ME LIKE HE VALUED ME? NO?
Didn't. Could have.
AND FOCUSING ON ME
AND WHAT I HAVE GOING ON NOW.....
ISN'T...
WHAT HE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON...
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GROWING TF UP!
WORKING ON HIMSELF.
HE HAD 12 YEARS TO DO IT!!!!!!!!!! RIGHT?
IS IT MY FAULT HE DIDN'T?
AND ISN'T COMMITTED TO CHANGE?
AND WANTS TO "WIN AT ALL COSTS"
BY TALKING WHATEVER SH*T HE WANTS TO TALK?
I'll tell you what the projections are for....
To AFFECT me...
Nobody is "entitled" to come with me....
I'VE GOT THIS FAR ON MY OWN........
WHY? BECAUSE I FOCUS ON MY STUFF.
"IT'S UNFAIR I CAN'T GO WITH A***."
Welp, could have.... BUT HOW DID HE TREAT ME?
WELL? OR LIKE SH*T?
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE YOU WITH THEM.
"THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW."
HOW ABOUT I KNOW....
THAT THEY.....
ARE....
DISLOYAL!
DISLOYAL PEOPLE DISCARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO WHY WOULD I GO SOMEWHERE
THERE'S NOT EVEN LOYALTY?
WOULD THAT BE GOOD FOR ME? NO?
And the only times I walk away are when I HAVE TO.
NOT FOR CONTROL, NOT FOR GAMES,
FOR ME.
AND I USUALLY GIVE MORE THAN 1 CHANCE....
AND WHEN I GET P*SSED OFF....
I ALREADY GAVE MORE THAN 1 CHANCE.
AND BECAUSE THEY KNEW BETTER!
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING!
Wanted to slow me down and try to make me feel
LIKE ALL MY WORK WAS FOR NOTHING.
ONE-SIDED COMPETITION.
WAS I DOING ANYTHING BUT MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS?
WORKING ON MY THINGS? LIVING MY LIFE? NO?
Why would I expect someone who DISCARDED ME
to "return" or try to?
I WOULDN'T! RIGHT?
SO I WASN'T!
But when people think THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT
AND TREAT ME HOWEVER THEY WANT...
AND JUST "REGAIN" THE SAME ACCESS THEY HAD....
NO.
IF I DID THAT SH*T......
NOBODY WOULD WANT TO BE AROUND ME!
AND I COULDN'T BE MAD, SHOCKED, SURPRISED....
OR ANYTHING!
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WOULD ACCEPT THAT SH*T....
DON'T RESPECT THEMSELVES....
I DO.
ENOUGH NOT TO DEAL WITH THAT SH*T.
OR WANT TO.
IMAGINE IT, THOUGH....
BEING DISCARDED 12 YEARS AGO....
AND SUDDENLY..... "HERE I AM."
DENIAL FOR PUTTING ME THROUGH.....
ALL OF THAT.
"IF I MAKE A*** FEEL SMALL....
I CAN BE BIGGER."
CAN YOU IF I DON'T LET YOU?
"IF I MAKE A*** LOOK BAD...
EVEN IF A*** DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO ME...
I CAN MAKE MYSELF LOOK BETTER."
THE TRUTH MAKES PEOPLE LOOK HOWEVER....
THEY ACTUALLY LOOK.
YOU CAN'T TREAT PEOPLE LIKE SH*T......
AND EXPECT RESPECT!
YOU CAN'T BURN A BRIDGE COMPLETELY....
AND EXPECT TO REBUILD IT.
"I EXPECTED A*** TO BE THE SAME."
WHY WOULD I BE?
HOW I WAS MISHANDLED.... CHANGED ME.
LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO.
WHY WOULDN'T IT?
Wasn't just him.... Or my ex....
Or mirror smasher...
IT WAS ALL OF THAT SH*T!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALL OF IT.
THAT IS WHY I AM TIRED.
YOU KNOW THAT FEELING....
WHEN YOU'RE SO TIRED....
YOU HAVE SUCH A GOOD SLEEP...
THAT YOU FEEL LIKE A NEW PERSON?
Something like that.
12 years is a long time to TRY TO KEEP UP A FALSE NARRATIVE.
RIGHT?
A LONG TIME TO TRY TO PLAY GAMES WITH SOMEONE
THEY NEVER HAD TO PLAY GAMES WITH....
I did deserve better than I got... Yes, I did.
That's a lot of BS for one person....
FOR THIS LONG? WTF?
YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN "HURT"?
AM I BLEEDING ON PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T CUT ME?
NO!
THEY DIDN'T CUT ME!
I BLEED ON HERE.
A BIT....
I BLEED QUIETLY, TOO.
BY MYSELF.
NOT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.
"A*** DIDN'T WANT ME....
SHE MOVED ON......"
WHY DID I MOVE ON?
BECAUSE HE GHOSTED ME?
HMMM.
HE WANTED ME THERE
WITHOUT FKN TRYING!!!!!!!!
HE PUT MORE EFFORT INTO INSULTING ME!
IT WAS INSULTING!
MY STANDARDS WEREN'T TOO HIGH
WHEN I WANTED FKN HONESTY AND DECENCY!!!!
TO BE TREATED LIKE HE CARED!
THAT'S IT.
DID I WANT TO GET STOOD UP?
DID I WANT THE INSULTS AND BS?
DID I WANT THE AVOIDANCE?
THE REFUSAL TO.... GROW UP?
TO JUST.... FKN BE MATURE?
TALK?
COMMUNICATE?
"They don't like changes..."
I WAS A CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS.
That's what I represented! CHANGE!
But.... Most of the changes I made for myself
WERE THINGS I HAD TO DO MYSELF,
FOR MYSELF...
WITHOUT ANYONE AROUND.