I haven’t moved on because I haven’t had any closure, she said.
But that’s the thing, right? You hardly ever get closure in real life.
It doesn’t work like in the movies, where the couple sit together, have a talk, get to know what went wrong, maybe shed a few tears and then move on with the firm knowledge of things. Or maybe they meet years down the line and reminiscence about how good things were together over a cup of coffee.
Real life breakups are messy, heart-breaking and sometimes, completely unnecessary. There is no slow sound track accompanying you walking away from the person who cheated on you, no guilty ex coming back to apologize months later, nothing of the sort.
And you know what? It’s okay.
It really is.
Because you do not really need closure from someone who has given up on you. You do not deserve someone who cannot even look you in the eye when they break your heart. I know you think you mattered and you desperately want to hold onto the lies they told you, I know how much it hurts, trust me I do.
But you have to look past the pain and learn how to love yourself first. You need to realize that every boundary is the one that you define in any relationship. And now you know much better on how to define those.
It will be hard, no doubt about it, but you will get over it. Because you know what? The day you realize that the only closure you need has to come from within and not from anyone else, is the day you will truly move on from any broken heart.