To The One Who I Wish I Wouldāve Found Earlier
Let me start by saying that this has taken me way more time to put to words that I couldāve imagined, but buckle in, itās gonna be a long one. My prayer is that these words finally rock you.
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I remember the first time I laid eyes on you, the first story I heard about you, the first embarrassing video I saw of you. I remember how even though I knew you existed and I thought you were cute, that we never connected. It took months.
Then our mutual friends gave us quite a few nudges to try to get us to set a spark and turn it into a fire, like they had.Ā
I remember the night they made me add you on snapchat (and how much I didnāt want us to possibly start something over something so 21st century). I remember thinking,Ā āheās never even gonna snap me, this is pointless.ā Until you did.Ā
For me, our first conversation was nearly all it took. I was convinced that our friends had done us a solid by setting us up, that they were truly match makers, that everything they said about you being a good guy down to the bone, never to hurt a fly, was true.
But the truth is, as clique as it sounds coming from my thoughts, love is blind.Ā
We connected so effortlessly, so quickly, that all I could see, think, or talk about was you.
You said all the right things, made me feel all the right things, did all the right things, until suddenly you didnāt. Until suddenly I didnāt know you, the real you, no one did.Ā
I hate to make you sound like a monster, but you are. And worse than that, youāre a stranger to me and those who you call friends.
How did I not see the signs, the red flags waving in front of me?
I hate how blind I was with you. That I let you push my mind to places were my purity shattered. That we had conversations about our future, conversations about our feelings, conversations with a million promises that would surely never be fulfilled. That I trusted you enough to let you into my dark and twisty past, the corners of my heart that had been rightfully so hidden, parts of me that only my husband should get to unravel. That I let myself pull all-nighters with you, letting you in further, and further, believing that you were equally giving yourself, that you were equally there with you heart, your loyalty, your whole being, as I was.
But again, I donāt believe I ever truly got to know you -Ā Ā and that terrifies me.
How could I have spent months of my life with you??!
I am appalled by the act you put on, the mask you wore, and still wear to this very second. How everyone thinks you are this innocent, kind-hearted, loyal guy, when you literallyĀ are living a double life, fooling everyone.
How dare you make me want to throw away my virginity on you, how dare you sleep around behind my back, how dare you ask me to give you advice on how to behave around other girls when itās only gonna go through one ear and out the next because all youāre interested in is messaging your next tinder victim if you can come over and shack up. You donāt fool me anymore, you donāt fool anyone anymore honestly.Ā
What you did was awful, but the fact that youāre continuing to do it, is even worse.Ā
You are disgusting, you know that?
Do you want a round of applause for being a man whore? For putting on a good show? For letting yourself turn into the epitome of what this world has morphed into being okay?Ā
I hope that when youāre finally ready to grow up, settle down, and achieve everything you hope your future will hold, that karma bites you in the ass.Ā
I hope one day you finally feel the pain you inflicted on not only me, but everyone around you, every one night stand, every dirty text, every mistake.
I hope you know how it feels to gasp for air, your body uncontrollably shaking, tears streaming down your face, screams barely making a sound out of your mouth, your heart racing, wondering how you got to where you are, hoping, and dare I say praying, that you be saved from your baggage, your mistakes, your choices.
I hope that everything catches up to you. I hope you pay for your actions.Ā You made your bed, you should have to lay in it.
And then when itās all said in done, I hope you get the life you dreamed of. And you know why? Because even though you make my blood boil, even though you broke me, even though I would love to throw a punch your way, deep down I cannot, unlike you I might add, tell a lie. I loved you.Ā
And above that, I know that there is a good guy in there somewhere. I have to believe that.
I will forever wish I couldāve found you sooner.
How different things could be.