Learning Experience
Being heartbroken is all a part of growing up. Even if you're in your 30s and your mom is demanding you bring a nice man home so she can raise your grandkids, why would you want to bring this guy home after he broke your heart? He taught you so many things about yourself, the good and the bad, and you can learn from it. We get it, hearing the "it'll make you stronger, you're better than him" spiel is just old and unhelpful. It's also just not true; sure you're going to grow and learn from it. But the phrase "better than" is unhealthy. He is not better than you, you are not better than him. You're just not each other's type. It's that simple. Why would you want to marry someone that doesn't want to marry you? Stop lingering on those toxic thoughts of "If I were thinner, if I were taller…" Looks fade, and so will his future relationships if he bases everything off of vanity.
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