Ego Doesn’t Bring Happiness, Neither Does Love.
Ego doesn't bring happiness, neither does love, when you are the only one trying to hold a relationship together.
Sometimes, you want to hold yourself back, not because you don't care, but because you want someone to realise your absence.
You want them to miss you, look for you and make an effort to reach out.
But what happens when the person you are waiting for is someone you can never bring yourself to ignore?
Someone you keep making excuses for, simply because you love them.
You bend, you reach out, you forgive, and you start all over again.
Not because you aren't hurt, but because the relationship means more to you than your hurt.
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Until one day, you wonder if the relationship would even survive if you stopped making the effort.
Are you loved for who you are, or appreciated for what you can provide?
Are you someone they genuinely miss, or just someone they take pride on?
And that realisation hurts in ways that words cannot explain.
You want to fight back with ego, but your heart keeps choosing love.
You want to stop reaching out, but guilt finds its way back.
And the hardest lesson in loving someone is realising that you cannot keep sacrificing your self-respect to prove your affection.
P.S: Sometimes, not reaching out isn't ego. Sometimes, it's just exhaustion.
And, for once, love needs to wait while self-respect takes the first step.
