Solutions and Other Problems

by Allie Brosh

You wonder what the endless aftermath will be like, and what percentage of yourself you lost, and how you’ll survive without it. You question whether it was fair for this to happen, and what can be done from here, and you realize how powerless you are.

We’d always had a strange relationship, and I wasn’t prepared for it to be over. I don’t think either of us understood how much I loved her. It seemed like there’d be enough time to sort it out.

Some years have been hard, but overall, I have a pretty easy life. If I find a dead deer, I don’t have to fight a bear for it. I don’t even have to eat it if I don’t want to.