This Is Why Your Leaving Really Hurt Her, Even If The Two Of You ‘Weren’t That Serious’
By Nicole Tarkoff
Your leaving hurt her because she trusted you. She trusted that you wouldn’t take her love for granted, that you wouldn’t underestimate how hard it was for her to let you in, to take your hand when you offered it, to kiss you back when you kissed her first. She trusted that you’d understand how she’s been hurt before and that you wouldn’t try to hurt her like that again.
She trusted that the things you told her were true, that when you talked about a future together you actually pictured it,
that when you said all of those nice things about her they had meaning behind them,
that when you told her you wanted her in your life you meant it. Your leaving hurt her because it turns out, you didn’t.
You didn’t mean those things you said.
And she knows it’s all a bit dramatic to expect pity or sympathy for being lied to about such nominal claims because she’s familiar with these lies, and she’s heard them all before. She knows what insincerity feels like especially when it comes to love, but the thing is, she didn’t think you were that person.
