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I really liked the way this looks at love as something that also involves honesty, boundaries and actually listening when someone tells you that something hurts them. Loving someone doesn't mean ignoring the things that hurt just because you care about them. The part about explaining the same thing again and again stood out to me because sometimes the hardest thing isn't saying how you feel, it's realising that being heard and being understood aren't always the same thing. You can love someone deeply and still need them to respect the things you've clearly told them matter to you.

That last thought really stayed with me. ❤️‍🩹 Sometimes love and hurt can exist in the same place, and forgiving someone doesn’t mean the hurt didn’t matter. But I think love also deserves to be met with understanding and changed behaviour—not just repeated forgiveness. Beautifully expressed.

This is so beautifully written and there is no perfect textbook defenition of the word love...it changes but stays constant at the same time