Happy Valentine's Day

Submitted by Lina (United Kingdom), Feb 15, 2017 at 07:43

To all the ladies on here!

This time last year I spent Valentine's with my Kurdish ex. A few days later he was arrested and jailed in the Netherlands lol!

I remember visiting a park when the weekend was over and just laying on the grass, breathing in fresh air. In these few hours that I managed to get away from him (cause he was so controlling) I felt freedom again.

And now I am truly free, I have no one to hold me back. This year I decided to love and treat myself. And for once I feel relieved! Realise that it's better to be alone than in seatbelt relationships with these psychic vampires. A seatbelt relationship makes you feel safe and secure when it reality it's just holding you back!

There's a quote by Rumi "If I love myself, I love you. If I love you, I love myself."

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