"The main thing he brought to my life was a sense of confidence. That this person I admired, and respected, and was attracted to, felt the same way about me… thinking that was such a boost of confidence in my life. I never felt that before. [So] I w…

"The main thing he brought to my life was a sense of confidence. That this person I admired, and respected, and was attracted to, felt the same way about me… thinking that was such a boost of confidence in my life. I never felt that before. [So] I was like ‘Yes! Let’s go! I got this! What’s next?! Check!’ I was really ready to run with it. But this nigga played me."

"I was always made to feel like I’m not good enough to love in a romantic way. That I’m loved as a friend, as a sister. I’m loved, sometimes, as a mother figure, but very rarely have I been loved in a romantic way. This last relationship was so hear…

"I was always made to feel like I’m not good enough to love in a romantic way. That I’m loved as a friend, as a sister. I’m loved, sometimes, as a mother figure, but very rarely have I been loved in a romantic way. This last relationship was so heartbreaking because I thought this time was different. I thought this time I was finally getting the love that I was hoping for. It was painful to have a lover that said one thing, that said he felt a certain way about me, but then didn’t act like it."

"I learned to make a distinction between expectation and standards. Expectation is something you put onto another person and you sit back and it comes from a place of judgment. Whereas, standards come from a place within, a place of self-love." 

"I learned to make a distinction between expectation and standards. Expectation is something you put onto another person and you sit back and it comes from a place of judgment. Whereas, standards come from a place within, a place of self-love."