angel boy

[rafaelangelofficial]

this is me btw lol

[guys-moments]

[creamofbeef]

[ustrap]

[ntafkap]

[stolenchapstick]

[fckinggayboiii]

[iamzeitgeist]

[joeinct]

Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando during rehearsals in New York for Williams’s play A Streetcar Named Desire, Photo by Eileen Darby, 1947

[theinternetarchive]

fan of mother-of-pearl, gold, and silk; open and extended: 21.5 x 37 x 1.8 cm; rené lalique, french c. 1900.

[deathandmysticism]

Lancashire hog that won first prize, 1867

[pro-12345]

[quotespile]

“Knowing too much about other people puts you in their power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand their reasons for doing things and then you are weakened.”

— Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye

[04k96]

[newloverofbeauty]

Mariano Vivanco. Jump (2014)

[traumasurvivors]

One thing I had to learn was that "better" and "healthy" aren't always the same thing.

After experiencing something really unhealthy, it can be easy to compare everything to your worst experience instead of comparing it to what you actually deserve.

Someone may respect your boundaries more than your last partner did, but still ignore them. Someone may yell less often, but still make you feel afraid. Someone may not manipulate you in the same ways, but still manipulate you.

It's hard, but try not to let "better than before" become the standard you settle for. You deserve relationships that aren't just less harmful. You deserve ones that are genuinely healthy.

[quotespile]

“When however small a measure of jealousy is mixed with misunderstanding, there is always going to be trouble.”

— John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany