I just realized that Taylor hasn't truly been single since like 2014. In 2014-15 early she was in a relationship-ish thing with harry. In 2015-16 she was with calvin. In 2016 she was with tom then joe untill now. But something tells me she is now stronger than ever and healthier than she's ever been mentally enough to let go of a man she thought was the love of her life and that makes me so proud of her. And I am thankful that joe alwyn was in her life when she needed him.
agreed <333 the stark difference here (other than the growth that's come with maturity of years) is that she was...not doing well at that time, and none of the relationships were stable or healthy, and she was going through upheaval and personal struggles, and hadn't begun to deal with her trauma, she was just trying her best to keep her head above water and survive somehow. it's sort of that idea of accepting what we think we deserve - she felt for such a long time that nobody would sign up to be with her, that she wouldn't find real, steady love, so she'd take what she got. joe changed everything. having joe as an anchor in her life not only helped her survive, but thrive. she realized what love truly can be, she embraced that journey of recovery (which of course is ongoing, but she has come SO far and it's a powerful thing!), she found that she CAN have love and privacy and joy and her career and success without being torn to pieces, she found such creative inspiration and blossomed so much as an artist and a woman, and the fact that he was there holding her hand and supporting and helping her through all of that while she needed it and as they grew together is wonderful. that will NEVER be anything but the remarkable love and path that it was! like...people invalidating invisible string, no! the invisible string still matters and it isn't cut! it's just unfurling in different directions now. hell was the journey, but it brought me heaven isn't suddenly untrue. she had that. they had that love. all they shared and found and CREATED together is still true. this doesn't - and shouldn't - diminish that, and he's part of her artistic legacy forever, not only as a muse, not only as a partner, but as a collaborator too, and we can still celebrate that. thank goodness they had each other during these years, i mean that. no matter what happened, i am so grateful for him. i am so grateful taylor had that love. i am so proud of the woman and artist she is now. and that love will always live in her music and in them, even though it ended. it's a part of them always, and we know it was real and it's still there in the music. step into the daylight and let it go, but that light was still so golden.
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