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“My granddad used to always say, ‘Even duct tape can’t fix stupid,’” I said, putting my straw in my mouth. “Hmm. No. But it can muffle the sound.”
Any relationship that doesn’t have the best friend behind it is going to have challenges.
‘That’s when you know you’ve found somebody really special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably share silence.’”
He had an impressive workbench with neon Corona beer signs hanging over it.
Food was my currency. Hungry was an emotion for me. I felt that shit in my soul.
Josh was my drug, my dealer, and that really toxic friend who’s always pushing you into breaking your sobriety.
“Marrying your best friend.” He wiped his mouth with a napkin. “You marry your best friend, and at family gatherings you deal with your shitty relatives together. You laugh about it and have each other’s backs. Share looks and text each other from across the room when everyone else is being an asshole. And nobody else really matters because you have your own universe.” He held my eyes for a moment. “That’s what I want. I want someone to be my universe.”
You told me to go to hell and made me look forward to the trip.”
She wasn’t mine—she never was. I’m hers. And it’s not the same thing.
“I am not drunk. I’m just talking in cursive.
Have you ever had the urge to tell someone to shut the fuck up when they aren’t even talking? That’s how I feel literally every time I see his face.”
“I like that you don’t do that guy thing where you try and solve all my problems. Guys do that. Sometimes we just want to complain. That’s it. We don’t want advice. We just want you to listen. You’re a good listener.”
If someone had told me six months ago that I’d choose a woman who couldn’t have kids, I’d have called him crazy. But being with her wasn’t even something I had to think about. I did want kids. But I wanted her first. Everything else was just everything else.
Love is for better or worse. It’s always and no matter what. The no-matter-what just happened first for us.”
“I don’t want an easy woman. I want you.”
These things feel like a privilege to me. All those things that you think are flaws are what I love about you.
I want you no matter what. I want you first before I want anything else.” His face was earnest and steady. “I have no chance of happiness if I can’t have you. None.”
“I’ll orbit around you and be your universe, because you’ve always been my sun.”