I thought it was fine when I did it. And now it makes me feel guilty. Is it because I know that I only kissed another man, while he slept with one of the most disgusting women around? Do I feel like curling up in my bed and never seeing the sunlight again because I was falling in love with him or because it disgusts me that he brought her between the same sheets? What if he told her to keep her eyes open because he wants to sink into them? What if he promised her the same three months of happiness? What if he told her everything he ever told me? Why did she have to be in the same bed I was in? What if he did it because he knew of my affair? But I only kissed the other because I was afraid I would irremediably fall in love with him, the other one was a distraction, he was my salvation, he brought me back to life. Why am I so afraid that I will never fall in love? Never again.
Does it hurt because I was secretly hoping that he would prove to be real and an honorable man? Because I thought I could make him love. He should know what love is, but he rejects it. He is my not-a-happy-ending Big. I was hoping for my Big to come. But he runs away after getting my hopes up, just like Big would do, but he is no Big, he is incapable of real feelings.
I half-despise him, half want him. Just that now, his lips have touched hers. She has been in his bed. She has spent a morning in his arms. She felt his warm body curled up around her. And maybe if it was not her, maybe I wouldn’t feel so sick. But it is her. And knowing her and seeing her smile while pointing him out to her friends just repulses me.
It hurts mostly because I wanted to fall for him. I was far too reasonable to do it. My intuition was screaming at me daily” Don’t do this to yourself!” and I never let go of myself. But the US with its stupid Valentine’s Day happy shows made me think maybe I should fall for him, just because there was no one else like him in here. But that is not a good reason for falling in love. It saddens me and yet it makes me smile. I will fall in love again, though I will always love T. But he, he will never love. He will sleep with so many girls, he will forget their names and lose himself and bring a new smell in his bed at least twice a week, lie to them, lie to himself and pretend he is a good man. But he will never fall in love.
No, I am not trying to seem magnanimous here. But yes, I thought I could change him. Make people see the man I saw behind the lies. Make him stop lying. Make him give himself to someone like he has never done before. And give myself to him like I have never done it with another one. Body and soul, completely his. Will he ever know how much he lost? How ready I was to make the next step before he broke his promises and cheated? Maybe, maybe not.
I will be fine. I have survived 19 years without being tied down to a single soul, I will survive this too.
And if you want to blame me for being the first one to kiss another, do it. I will not regret it. I refuse to blame it on me. I am alive and I will live the life I have always dreamed about. I have accomplished everything I have planned for until now, I am strong and independent, why did I let him bring me down this much? Did I bring this upon myself? Yes,probably so.
I believe in myself.
I shouldn’t ever again give up my independence.
With love,
For the worst days when you will need to re-read yourself and know you’re gonna be fine,
J.