I mean, same, but I think so much of that pain comes from the crumbling of our indoctrination into modern romanticism. We've all been sold a particular vision of what romance is that "just so happens to be" the most profitable, all while teaching us to severely devalue the bonds we have with literally everyone else. There are legitimately people who believe that you have to give up friendships, family, etc. to find "the one". What if a lot of hurt comes from us realizing that the way we bond with people isn't as mystical as we've been told it would be?

Maybe we as a society focus too much on creating guarantees for long-term connection because we feel good in the moment instead of living in that moment with that person. Nothing is forever, like we want it to be in that moment, and maybe that realization comes with a loss of relational innocence. People will always come and go, maybe it's best to catch and release.

I can keep word vomiting these thoughts all day, babyyyyy.