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This is me. Right now. I am proud of all my scars, mental or otherwise, because they made me who I am.
However it's because of some of these scars that it's a lot harder for me to function on some *normal* levels. Mainly in the De-facto part of needing communication to thrive. Granted I've come a *Long* way from how bad I was when I was 16/18. But that was when I started to push people away. There was stint in my "social life" where I did not see any of my friends for over six months, when my grandmother went away for a week I had a mental/emotional breakdown because I, for once, was completely alone.
Let's not mention the fact that someone who I confessed my feelings to had told me not the week earlier that he could
never love me completely.
*sigh*
Actually I've noticed this a lot in my "record" of relationships. In order for Tako to be a Happy Tako there at least needs to be a talking to every once in awhile. (Like three times a week). However people don't exactly like to comply really with the simple thing she asks. It is a different scenario though when it comes to nowadays. What ends up happenin? Well something very simple - I would like to think that from what my little way in life has told me is that compared to others I'm second best, the back up plan, the...oh I don't know the one who is going to be *there* plan. But is
that is the Bad Habit I have to learn how to break. I shouldn't
have to be second best, let alone have to deal with bullshit.
When Kin and I were still talking, and he was the Master in the relationship at the time, I brought another girl in for friends sake, that and she knew my feelings *for* Kin so it was safe because I trusted her. Within a week Kin refused to talk to me one on one and only talked to me when it was a group conversation. Eventually I stopped coming when called, mainly because when talking to her I found out that A.) They started dating, and B.) that conversation involving me was mentioned as an after thought.
Yeah talk about twisted.
But that sort of situation is common. Even the after affects of such a union of sorts where I stay - and they move on. Simple atypical things. Then time passes, and they remember I'm still right there where they left me. Granted now things have changed I have done a lot of different things but there is always latent feelings there for the person still there. Does it sting? Fuck yes does it sting but it definitely soothes the ache when they come back. But hey if they talk to me first without me having to make the effort to talk to them that means I'm worth
something to them on some level or another right?
In the old days I'd get letters from my friends despite the fact that yeah they were on my LJ or my FB. It was easier to keep some things between ourselves, but also it meant in someways someone cared enough to go through the trouble of writing the damn thing and letting it go through the Snail mail system. Do I ask that of people? No that it's highly thoughtful for a random gift to pop in my box. Or even a text from someone who I haven't heard from in awhile, surprise phone calls. That lovely stuff.
Communication is not a one way road. It's always been two ways, making someone do all the work because your initiative and desire makes you go somewhere else is not needed. Trusting someone will be there for you fades after time, and slowly people snap under the pressure.
After Kin I made the Three-strike rule. Three-strikes and whoever had 'control' over me lost their power and could never gain it back. Or well I say *never* but they could it just took a really long time, a lot of effort, and a lot of talking. Not many people take the effort to try to patch up what they fucked up. So far the people who fall into this category have two strikes.
Yet the one who goes through the effort of texting me every day to just talk, has nothing to him because he doesn't need me to start the conversation. Maybe next time I'll drunk call *him* to see his amusement with the matter.