Despite the fact that I have no regrets about how things turned out in my life, I still can't help wanting to understand my intense relationship with Leo, as well as that turbulent time between adolescence and adulthood when everything feels raw and invigorating and scary-and why those feelings are all coming back to me now.
Emily GiffinTag: growing-up relationships understanding endings adolescence goodbyes
He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.
Emily GiffinTag: growing-up moving-on endings goodbyes
After all, I think, isn't it always about a boy?
Emily GiffinTag: love boy emily-giffin bhie love-the-one-you-re-with
There is no better audience for someone in love than someone in love.
Emily GiffinTag: love
We are in love and meant to be together.
Emily GiffinTag: love
...it has crossed my mind that the key to happiness should not be found in a man. That an independent, strong woman should feel fulfilled and whole on her own. Those things might be true. And without Dex in my life, I like to think I could have somehow found contentment. But the truth is, I feel freer with Dex than I ever did when I was single. I feel more myself with him than without. Maybe true love does that.
Emily GiffinIn the final seconds before sleep, I wish I could go back and undo everything, give those little girls another chance.
Emily GiffinI still think I love him more. It's one of those things you never know for certain because there's no way to enter all the relationship data in a computer and have it spit out a definitive answer. You can't quantify love, and if you try, you wind up focusing on misleading factors.
Emily GiffinTag: love relationships
Although I'm sure there are plenty of tall, gorgeous, life-of-the-party guys who are also true to their wives, I happen to believe that a disproportionate number of them are cheaters.
Emily GiffinI was aware that we were both silently making those inevitable comparisons, putting our relationship in context. She is more this and less that. He is better or worse in these ways. It is human nature to do this--unless its your first relationship, which might be the very reason that your first relationship feels special and remains forever sacred. But the older you get, the more cynical you become, and the more complicated and convoluted the exercise is. You begin to realize that nothing is perfect, that there are trade-offs and sacrifices. The worst is when someone in your past trumps the person in the present, and you think to yourself: if I'd known this, then maybe I wouldn't have let him go.
Emily GiffinTag: past relationships sacrifice
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