Repeated actions

From Issues of Life

Before she broke up with me, she said:

"I'm not here to control you. I'm here to build with

you. I wanted a partnership, a connection where

both of us feel safe, valued, and respected. You

have every right to live your life, make your

choices, follow your path...but the choices you

kept making kept showing me exactly where I 

stood in your life -- and it wasn't where I deserved

to be.

I've told you what hurts me, what makes me feel 

unsafe, what crosses the boundaries I've set with

love and care. I've been honest, I've

communicated, I've tried to be clear -- but you kept

doing the same things anyway.

At some point, repeated actions stop being

mistakes and start showing who a person truly is.

And I can't keep loving someone who won't stand

with me, who won't meet me in this life we were

trying to build. I can't keep giving my heart to

someone who won't protect it as fiercely as I

protect theirs."

Before she broke up with me she said:

"I'm not here to control you. I'm here

to build with you. You have every

right to live your life...but your

choices keep showing me exactly

where I stand in it. I've told you what

hurts me, what makes me feel unsafe,

what crosses a boundary but you still

do it anyway.

At some point it stops being a mistake

and starts being who you are. And I

can't keep loving someone who won't

stay on my side."