I really am trying. I stay away from music, books, shows, food items..that can send me crashing down into this fucken BLACK HOLE of misery. He has infiltrated almost every aspect of my life. And its going to take me a while to weed all of him out. He was all I knew, so its pretty obvious that how I live my life revolves around him. Almost four years of this person is enough to make me feel this way.
I know I made mistakes, and plenty of them. And most of this I sort of am to blame. But he just...made me feel so insecure all the time. Made me feel physically nasty about myself. He fucked with my head, because he KNOWS id rip my skin off just to keep him warm. Me and him were on and off for about the last year and a half of our, relationship, if that's even a good word for it. And in that time we were both dealing with things. Personal issues and issues we shared as a couple. Well I have always been a flirt. Im known for my bold and abrasive personality. And he was use to dating..children. Well not children, but girls a year or two younger than him. He was always the one in control in his past relationships, I assume. Just knowing how he is. I think it caught both of us by surprise that we clicked so well. Even with me being the complete opposite of what hes use to. Im 5'7", ive got meat on my bones. Im loud. Im outgoing. Im ALOT. He seemed to dig that. But as time passed, I think he started to become more insecure about me, and him, and us in general. Which he projected into our relationship pretty often. There were time when id feel uncomfortable for being..too tall. Id feel insecure about the little aspects of myself that I had never even thought of before. Like damn, AM I too tall?
At times I think his own personal issues really affected how he was with me. Hes not the person he projects in front of others. Hes quiet, keeps to himself. I think he spends a lot of time observing the world. Kind of trying to piece himself in life and how he fits in certain situations. Ive always felt he was a little lost. His family is, sweet. But definitely not built to handle a person with a mind like his. He has so much potential, and ive always felt like his family has been incredulous of him. Which I think he picked up on a lot, and it really messed with him, even though he never really spoke about it. And I guess me being the way I can be sometimes, didn't help much either. I will admit that I tried for so long to show him how fucken special he was, and at times id be so tired of repeating to him how MUCH he meant to me, that id forget to take care of myself. And hed forget to care for me...being in his head led to him slowly letting me out. So, I felt alone. I felt stuck. I felt like he didn't care, but I didn't ever think about leaving him. Yet I made the mistake of letting someone else show me the things I was lacking in my relationship. His energy was enticing. He made me forget how horrible I felt all the time, even though he could make me feel horrible too...what the fuck was wrong with me? A lot. A lot was wrong with me. Anyways, all this mess ended up blowing up in my face. Like heeellooo? How could it not. YOU CAN NOT GET AWAY WITH DOING SHITTY THINGS TO OTHER PEOPLE MELISSA. Point is, the cat was out of the bag, my ex found out about everything and did everything in his power to remind me that it was all my fault, which in some parts YES I take full responsibility. It was not okay AT ALL, to hurt him like I did, over me being stupid and selfish. I know that, my pain and heartbreak are a daily reminder of his. And that breaks my heart and pains me more than ANYTHING else. So point is, I ended up looking like a heathen, a cheater, a bitch, or in words of my ex, a total "peach of shit". Did I mention how clever he was? And that was that. That was about a year ago, and since then me and my ex had been on and off again, classic us, trying to work on something that honestly had no start or finish, it was a massive circle. Id give anything to take it back. To be at that point where we were not okay, and instead of him locking himself in his own head, and instead of me looking for answers from someone else, we should have TALKED. We should have taken the time to be like, "Hey, I'm not okay with this, I love you and I want to fix this so we can be okay", but its a lot easier said than done. I don't know what stopped us so much. Well due to that, he became a somewhat different person with me. Sure, I knew how he showed affection, and yes, he'd be affectionate at times. We still hung out, we still went to places, ate dinners together, we still slept together. We did everything we use to. Plus the passive aggressive comments we'd make from time to time. Then it became unhealthy, I begged and cried and pleaded for him to stay, so he can see how different things were going to be now. Which they were, I have done everything in my power to switch things around. I dedicated all my free time, energy, money, to him. I pampered him, catered to him as much as I could. But, he was just lonely. He wanted affection without having to give affection back. I started to return to that dark place he always puts me in. He was a constant reminder of all the bad in my life.
It hurts so fucken much, soooo much. A pain I'd NEVER wish on anyone, and trust me, I'd torture a few people, but not with this. Its not getting any easier. I don't ever feel OK. He's on my mind 24/7, enough to compel me to start a whole blog dedicated to me talking to myself about this. How sad is that? Ha...very sad.