There are people who will make you question everything good about yourselfbecause they were never capable of loving you well. And yet—you tried.You
There are people who will make you question everything good about yourself
because they were never capable of loving you well.
And yet—you tried.
You gave.
You waited.
You overextended.
You bent until it felt like breaking, and even then, you whispered,
“Maybe if I just love harder, they’ll change.”
But love doesn’t require disappearing.
Love doesn’t demand that you shrink to be chosen.
Love isn’t something you should have to earn through pain.
Here’s the truth you can carry now:
You were always worthy of love that was safe, tender, and true.
It wasn’t your fault they couldn’t give it.
It wasn’t your job to teach them how.
And it’s not your burden to carry their lack.
They didn’t love you poorly because you were unlovable.
They loved you poorly because they were unwilling—or unable—to love in ways that healed.
And that’s not your shame to hold.
That’s not your flaw to fix.
That’s not your identity to keep repeating in new relationships.
You were never too much.
You were just too whole for someone who needed you broken.
🔥 5 Campfire Affirmations for the One Reclaiming Love on Their Own Terms
I was always worthy of love that did not hurt me.
Their inability to love me well says nothing about my worth.
I release the need to earn what should be given freely.
I do not carry the shame of those who could not meet me in love.
I choose love that holds, honors, and never asks me to disappear.
