Can I say something about Nicky and how he told Neil the Exy won't hold him up? It's true. I play in a high level sporting atmosphere, and basically sports take you in, chew you up, and spit you out. Sports are highly emotional. Take someone like Riko. All of his intense emotions were tied to his father and Exy, so if anything ever happened to one of them, he exploded. I don't think Nicky was trying to say romantic relationships are the know thing that can fix you, but having a sport as your
Only emotional support isn't healthy and will be extremely damaging both mentally and physically at some point.
Hi! Thank you for the message. I mostly agree with you.
My main point was that romantic relationships are not supposed to be viewed as the only possible source of joy anyone can have in their lives. It can be a sport. It can be family. It can be a romantic partner. Or a hobby.
A lot of things in life are highly emotional, not just sports (some fandoms can be really intense, for example, and take over your life). And obviously if the thing that’s supposed to be a source of joy in your life becomes stressful and brings nothing but annoyance and irritation it’s important to learn not to count on it anymore. Otherwise instead of being beneficial it will have exactly the opposite effect.
If anything goes wrong with the ONLY thing that brings a person happiness, the negative effect on their well-being will outweigh the positive.
Which is why having just ONE THING or ONE PERSON to reply on is not ideal.