Listen to me closely, sweetheart, because this is the best advice I can give you: That boy. You know the one. With his beautiful eyes and his smooth words that make your heart melt. The one you can’t quite let go of. Test him. See if he needs you. Go days without talking to him. Hell, go a week if you dare. See if it affects him. Scared? Then there’s your answer. If he doesn’t love you, I’m telling you to walk away. I know, babygirl, I know. I know he makes you feel things you’ve never felt before. I know he has a way with words that makes your stomach touch your throat. I know his touch causes a fire to burn within you that you can’t bear the thought of putting out. I have felt that too. Darling, if he doesn’t love you, you need to let him go. There is no changing his mind, and it’s going to hurt like hell when the only time he loves you is under his bedsheets. You’re going to feel the tears burn your cheeks when you see him choose her, even after everything you’ve sacrificed for him. You’re going to feel used and broken when he posts photos with her, while leaving a cute caption that makes his words feel like daggers. If he can’t commit to you, it has nothing to do with you. I know, you’ve risked your throat for him. I know you’ve done everything you could possibly think of to please him. You can’t make him love you. He doesn’t appreciate you. I am telling you, you will find someone one day that will treat you like a goddamn queen, and that’s something he isn’t capable of. So love, if you’re still clinging to a boy that only shows his affections when nobody is around, it’s time to move on. It’s time to find peace within yourself, to stop relying on a ghost. It’s time to teach him to appreciate the good that he’s got, because months from now when he’s all alone and no one really gives a damn about him, he’ll mourn the grief he caused you. And by that time, you’ll finally be happy and at peace with yourself, having learned from his mistake.

Don’t break yourself trying to fix others