Phantomprose - This And That

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a relationship with a good flirt to roast ratio >>>>

Just some food for thought.

Some people think the worst place to be in is the “friend zone “, being in an unrequited state where you love someone but they don’t love you more than as a friend. While I do sympathize with people struggling with this, been there, done that, believe me, no one talks about what it is like to be on the other side of the spectrum.

Being the one they’re in love with, and being unable to reciprocate their feelings. The guilt that comes with feeling like you’re stringing them along and giving them false hope when you’re just being a good friend. Overthinking your words and actions so it’s not construed as something more than friendship. Acknowledging their great qualities and thinking how it would be so easy if you could just love them like they love you. Struggling to maintain boundaries when all you want to do is open up to them completely. People coming up to you and trying to get you to change your mind about giving your relationship a shot.

It’s painful, heartbreaking and so confusing.

While being in the friend zone sucks for many reasons, it doesn’t feel particularly good knowing you’ve unintentionally put someone there.

The duality of this situation is very intriguing.

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Read something on here along the lines of “You’re not a real reader if you read overhyped YA books like those written by Colleen Hoover.”

Remind me again, who is the authority on acknowledging “real” readers?

Would love to discuss this with a “real” reader who wouldn’t touch a CoHo book with a ten-foot pole and get to know their take on Homer, Iliad and Aeneid, which they’ve obviously been reading since utero.

People’s preferences are their business and you’re an entitled, self- important “real” reader with an excuse to pass unwarranted judgement on someone who just wants to read a freaking book. All I know is that an actual “real” reader, is just concerned about their ever growing pile of TBRs.

I’d rather read Wattpad fanfic written for pre-teens than judge someone for trying to take on or enjoy reading, even if it is CoHo. But maybe it’s just me.

Every petal whispers rebirth 🌸🍒

My toxic trait is reading a “sad” book and getting “sad” when the plot starts to get “sad”.