Probably one of the most simple, pure, romantic and selfish word i can think of.
How are you able to tell someone to stay when you would be the first one that wouldn’t hesitate to leave?
How can you stand there and tell that person, that what you’ve been denying for months is in fact true.... but that now it’s to late?
And jet, how do you make yourself strong enough to say goodbye again, to say farewell to all those posible dates, to those amazing dinners or even those rainy afternoons just doing nothing.
How do you put up a smiling face and say “you’re going to have the best experience of your life, go and enjoy. I’m so proud of you”.
I think you can because all of the things above are true. You would be the first to grab that opportunity and run off to see the world. You would be the first one to venture yourself into unknown situations just to learn and to grow as a person.
And because you would be the first one that, when someone says “stay” would answer “i can’t”
Maybe next time, when the time comes, you don’t need to look for someone worth staying for, because live doesn’t revolve around a place. Maybe next time, you find someone who instead of asking you to stay, grabs your hand and asks: