We Give Them Too Many Chances

You’ve told me this is the last time.

But you keep giving him chance after chance. You’re placing the knife in his hands while you turn around and hope for the best.

What you need to come to terms with is you can’t change him. He’s not going to wake up one day and be the man you’ve hoped and prayed he would be.

When you love someone, it’s hard to give up. It’s hard to throw in the towel and walk away after years of memories. The good the bad and the ugly, you’ve seen it all.

It feels like he’s a part of you now, and when he’s gone it will feel like part of you is gone with him.

And it is. 

 

Part of you will be gone

But it will be the weak, scared, and sad part of you that should have been gone and locked out a long time ago.

Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a long time making it.  And don’t let the good times blind you from all the bad.

Don’t let the thought of your happily ever after drown you from the reality of the man who has put you through years of pain and suffering.

I know it makes your chest hurt, and your knees weak at the thought of losing him. I know your eyes swell with tears when you imagine him packing up every piece of him and walking out that door.

But I also know you’re better than this. And you’re better than him. There’s more to live for than being the sad girl that cries herself to sleep at night.

There’s more to life than a man who breaks your heart a little bit every day.

It’s going to hurt like hell, and it might hurt for a long time. I’m not saying everything will be okay tomorrow.  Because from past experience you won’t feel “okay” for awhile.

Your heart will ache for him, you’ll be angry, and some days you might hate yourself for cutting him loose.