this is hopefully going to be the last post that is essentially based around my exboyfriend.
i have, as i've mentioned before, a new man that makes me smile, does beyond wonderful things, and is honestly the first and last thing i think of every day. but i suppose a few things need to get put down, get out there. things that still weigh on my chest and cross my mind, especially since a friend asked me for some advice today, and after i thought the conversation was over, i walked away from my computer and went on with my night filled with skyping my boyfriend and playing Alice: Madness Returns.
when i finally went back to the conversation i had with this friend hours prior, i saw she had left one last comment that i had left before reading.
"You are a very strong person."
that conversation i had with her has stayed with me throughout the day, i've been wondering if there's anything more i could say, or any other way to help her; also her comment sticks with me.
i'm a strong person? i don't believe so at all.
she sounds like me a few months ago with her issues pertaining to her and her on again off again boyfriend.
i wish i wouldn't of had to think about my ex and i again, but in a way i'm glad i did.
i've realized i'm moving forward, and that's what's best.
she's crying, my friend, because someone told her that her ex is whoring around and just getting with who ever he can. that seems to always be the hardest part when something you wanted so bad, doesnt work out.
to my knowledge my ex isn't whoring it up, and honestly i feel like he hasn't slept with anyone yet, or its just been 1 other person. i know how much he cared about me, and he always swore on everything it'd take him awhile to actually move on from me.
he also swore he'd continue to wear that necklace of mine he hid behind his rams head necklace.
and i know for a fact he's not wearing it, so his word is false. like usual.
i've moved on, and he's not the one sleeping next to me at night,
when i hear or find out he has someone new in his bed, it won't bother me.
but if i were him, i'd never wear it again either. i'd want to get rid of it, never see it again. but i know personally i'd just hide it somewhere. Those words, and that date, i'd never want to be associated with again, and that's why i'm using them for the post title.
Be Still
& Know
those words are false on so many levels. that song makes me want to vomit. Thank you Edward Layne for ruining one of my
favorite Machinehead songs because it makes you "think of us".
my advice? if anyone has that as their relationship song, or anything like it, fucking run. there's nothing wrong with being still and knowing something, but like i've written and yelled a thousand times this past year- a person cannot be still and know ALL THE DAMN TIME. a person needs to see action, needs to have witnessed or actually believe in what they're "suppose to know". fuck that 'be still' nonsense. make it known, put some action towards the person you're in like, or in love with. show them as much, as often and however you can. objects and material things are bullshit, little fucking things count and make the biggest impact. keep your word, keep a promise, swap stories, discuss what you're afraid of, what you want in life, kiss them, hug them, surprise them, write notes on napkins, and take a million pictures. be afraid to lose that person.
do not tell them "you should know i love you. you should just know that."
i was asked to be still and know without any of those things mentioned above. i was given lies, broken promises, broken dates, blown offs, forgotten phone calls, with a few good moments, and told i should just know how much he loved me.
am i the only one that finds that even a little insane?
for anyone who is completely lost with the whole "Be Still and Know" line, let me try and break it down for you:
it's a bible verse, "Be Still and know that i am god..."
but its also common in songs, and the title of a wonderful song by Machinehead.
the basis is that a person should "be still" as in, stay calm, don't worry, don't stress out, don't get their panties in a bunch, don't over react. "and Know" as in, well, know that whatever the subject is, is true. it should not be doubted and questioned. it is a given.
so all in all, relax, don't worry or stress because it is true, it is fact.
ya, it's also a crock of bullshit when you don't or aren't given a reason to fully believe the subject is fact.
what did i tell my friend that is having issues?
i told her to cry, i told her to scream, yell, be upset. to stay in bed all day if she has to. i told her to take some time and let herself feel and understand what is happening and what this means. but i told her to only act like that for a few days, and after those few days, she needs to pick her self up and move on.
things won't be easy, she's going to think about him, and wonder about all the what if's that shes missing out on. but anyone could do that, hell, sometimes it crosses my mind about how things would be if even Ryan and i would've worked out and stayed together. there's a million things i could question, and double think and wish i would've done differently with Edward, but all that shit isn't going to get me anywhere in life. im unhappy with how my life has been since last June for the most part, why would i want things to stay the same?
i don't. not even a little bit, so i'm moving forward. and i'm loving life now. i do not believe in destiny, but i believe if things are truly meant to be, they will eventually happen. and him and i just weren't suppose to. there's only so much work a person can put into something before they're ran down. i was run down, i was nothing, i was not myself, and i hated it.
so now i'm letting go of things, the good and the bad. i want to remember the good times, just like i do with anyyyone else, but they're being kept as memories, not as hope or something to strive towards, because they were few and far apart, i've had more constant happy times since November 8th, than i have with him in the past year.
i came across a song that totalllyyy reminded me of my ex and I. and it made me so much happier knowing that i have a new person sleeping next to me [when we're around eachother hah], and a new person who has me smiling from the second i wake up, to the second i go to sleep.
Now lay your head down on the bed
We're back to back with nothing said again
This happens every night
Don't talk while he's turning off the light
And it's dark, he's breathing hard
And "sorry"s what he never says
"do you still love me?"
"yeah I guess" he speaks as he's rolling in his sheets
The address says we're sleeping at your house
Then why are you sleeping on the couch
Lets just get drunk and watch stars tonight
And this black sky is a blanket it keeps us warm for you
we fought at night a lot, even after he lost his job and didn't have to be to sleep early.
but we hated sleeping without each other to the point i remember him showing up at my house at midnight one night just to fall asleep next to me.
but those lyrics say sooo many true things.
i knew when he turned off the tv, and the lights that if i tried talking to him, he got angry.
i remember asking him a few times if he still loved me, and i guess was the answer i got.
he slept on his couch a few times, we'd fight, and he'd grab his pillow and extra blanket and go into the other room to try and sleep.
he had such a nasty temper, when he was angry he'd say anything, whether he meant it or not.
one night we fought while laying in bed and he told me it was over, that in the morning he wanted me out, wanted my shit packed and wanted to never see me again, that i was worthless, a bitch, crazy, and our relationship was a joke.
that morning i woke up to him draggging me across the bed like he always did, kissing my shoulder and telling me he was glad i was still there when he woke up, that he loved me and was just angry the night before....he was crazy i tell you.
and that last stanza about the stars and drinking reminds me of the times he refused to lay on the top of my car with me and watch meteor showers.
which i'm in love with. meteor showers=own my heart.
he never even slightly tried to give a shit about things i liked. its okay. he lost me, its his loss, and my gain.
i've gained a wonderful person in his screwup.
there were good times, but those good times turned bad.
all the good times were only ever had because i fought for them, i yelled, i cried, i bitched until they happened.
that makes me sound like an awful demanding bitch, but i'm talking about going to the movies, going to the zoo, a day trip to the beach, visiting my family, playing uno etc.
little things like that only ever happened because i fought for them.
i'm really done with this whole post. i've got nothing left to say about my ex really. just my friend had me shocked when she said she thought i was a strong person. i never saw myself like that before.
i'm sure i cross his mind.
i'm almost positive he hates the things he did, and wishes i would've done things differently as well.
i know he wanted it to work, but i hope he understands there wasn't a way, he couldn't give me things i needed. and i'm hoping he knows this is honest to god what's best.
if i could sit down and talk with him, honest talk, nothing nasty, face to face, i probably would.
i'd take that opportunity to talk things out, and let him know, without rubbing his face in it or bragging,
that i am happy now.
i'm happy with the decision i've made and with the man i've decided to call my boyfriend. how i feel i've found the things i've been looking for.
my ex once admitted last December that he can't be who i need, who i deserve, he told me that and said i should go and find it.
now, things are still new with my boyfriend now, but he's already given me things i was asking for from my ex for over a year. My Boy seems really promising; maybe one day my ex will man up and just be happy i'm happy, even if it is with Cam.
i'm ending this, i've got better things to write about..