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2 Love Lessons You’ll Learn From A Bare Minimum Man
It isn’t until the relationship ends that you see it for what it really was: the bare minimum.
By Kelly Peacock
It isn’t until the relationship ends that you see it for what it really was: the bare minimum.
At first, you will feel ashamed for accepting so little from him. You will feel ashamed for taking the crumbs he gave and believing it kept you full. Now, you are coming to the gutted realization of how starved you are. And finally, you are free to find a love that will fill you better.
You will feel hurt that you weren’t given more. You might even feel sorry for yourself for not noticing or for not asking for your needs to be met. But you might also start to feel a bit empowered: now you recognize how much more you deserve and how you won’t settle for anything less in the future.
With all that being said, these are some love lessons you will learn from a bare minimum man:
“I am no longer allowing myself to be small and quiet.”
When you’re with a bare minimum man, you might not realize how much you shrink in order to make space for them. You do this because you fear that you and your needs might be too…
