![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately, they don't know you well enough, and they never can. They don't understand the history, the background, don't know the pillars of memory that hold you up. They'll never realise that someone who makes you feel bad may be the person you need most in the world. They don't know the way things have been, the way that it's made you, the way it has structured your world. "Plenty more fish in the sea," they'll say, or "You're better off without them," or "Do you want some of these potato chips?" They never really understand, because they haven't been there, every day, every hour. ![]() Like when you've split up with someone, and you try to communicate the way you feel, because you need to say the words, need to feel that somebody understands just how pissed off and frightened you feel. “How many times have you tried to talk to someone about something that matters to you, tried to get them to see it the way you do? And how many of those times have ended with you feeling bitter, resenting them for making you feel like your pain doesn't have any substance after all? ![]()
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